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The Nutty Professor
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday June 28, 1996 Tasteful, subtle and sophisticated are a few of the words that aren't going to be applied to Eddie Murphy's version of "The Nutty Professor." But funny, funny is something else again. Messy, raucous, crude and...Tags: Larry Miller, Family, Genes and Chromosomes, Movies, Comedy (genre)
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Genes offer sampling of hope and fear
Tribune staff reporterIt was supposed to be a simple bargain--an honest if somewhat bizarre deal struck between one of the last Stone Age peoples and the most technologically advanced society. Soon after the Hagahai emerged from the cloud forests of Papua New Guinea in the...Tags: Forestry and Timber, Leukemia, Arizona, Social Issues, Research
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REDUX: Unheeded Warnings on Lethal Diet Pill
Times Staff WriterBefore coming to the FDA as a medical officer in 1989, Dr. Leo Lutwak had specialized in the fields of obesity and osteoporosis as a Cornell University professor, as a drug company consultant and as a practicing physician. He said he hired on at the FDA...Tags: Cornell University, Companies and Corporations, Natural Resources, Wetlands, Homes
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Setting The Standards
Tribune Staff ReporterStudies show that many Black women have better self-images than white women do. The difference may lie in beauty ideals. If you ask 32-year-old beautician Jaucinda Brown if she is beautiful, you get an emphatic "Hell, yes!" At 5 foot 6 inches, 206...Tags: Minority Groups, Society, Los Angeles, Family, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Internet muscles in on the workout scene
Special to the TribuneIn the famous "Saturday Night Live" skit, a duo of overstuffed weight-room fanatics flexed their muscles in an attempt to intimidate couch potatoes at home. Hans and Franz just wanted to pump (clap) you up. But in today's techno-reliant society, it seems...Tags: Loans, LaSalle Bank, Dining and Drinking, Television, Clubs and Associations
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The changing creed of Hopkins science
Sun StaffSecond of three articles Venture capitalist Steve Gorlin planted himself in a classroom at the Johns Hopkins University's medical school and listened for two days as, one after another, nearly a dozen top researchers pitched ideas and promoted...Tags: Massachusetts, San Francisco, Crime, Law and Justice, Georgetown, Research
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Scientists find flaws in stem cell cloning
Associated PressResearchers have found serious abnormalities in cloned mice, a finding that strengthens the belief of many scientists that the technique used to clone Dolly the sheep should not be used on humans. The findings are based on the use of embryonic stem cells...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Genes and Chromosomes, Animals, Health, Research
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Breast-feeding gaps decried
Tribune staff reporterLow breast-feeding rates among minorities, especially black women, are a serious public health problem in America, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher said Monday at La Leche League International's 17th annual conference. Despite the known health...Tags: Minority Groups, Surgery, Breast Surgery, Social Issues, Diseases and Illnesses
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3rd Annual Festival of Health & Fitness to Be Held Oct 6-7, 2001
This page has moved. If you are not automatically re-directed, please click here.Tags: Dancing, Today (tv program), KTLA, Television, NBC (tv network)
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Unwanted Guest
Courant Staff WriterWhy sugarcoat it? A diabetes disaster is headed our way. Left unchecked, diabetes could have a huge impact, with a possibility of more than 500 million diabetics worldwide in 25 years. "That supersedes AIDS, cancer, everything," says Dr. Gerald...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, New York, Diseases and Illnesses, Plastic Surgeons, Connecticut
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Chasing Down The Source
Courant Staff WriterA global epidemic of diabetes might be averted if we could rid ourselves of a passion for Twinkies and television remotes. Fat chance, say scientists searching for a cure for the complex and misunderstood disease. "Diet is always the first therapy...Tags: Immune System, Television, Micronesia, Arizona, Research
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'Shallow Hal'
Times Film CriticThe Farrelly brothers' "Shallow Hal" is the darndest thing. As unexpected as Yasser Arafat suddenly breaking into a chorus of "My Yiddishe Mama," this staggeringly earnest, wholly sentimental film about seeing beyond surface appearances comes from...Tags: Bobby Farrelly, Movies, Jack Black, Jason Alexander, Joe Viterelli
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