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To: epicure who wrote (22719)	6/3/1998 11:48:00 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Look, X!!! Yet another reason not to smoke, hearing loss!! (As if male impotence isn't enough, huh? All those guys with limp cigarettes drooping from their lips on the news were pretty funny this week.) Anyway, like many other afflictions smokers suffer in greater numbers than do nonsmokers, hearing loss also affects nonsmoking family members who live with smokers, although at a decreased level. Second hand smoke is not good for people!! Smoking linked to hearing loss NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Smoking or exposure to cigarette smoke can be linked to an increased risk of hearing loss, according to a study published in the June 3rd issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association. A study of 3,753 men and women between the ages of 48 and 92 found that smokers had a 70% greater risk of suffering from hearing loss than nonsmokers. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, also suggests that nonsmokers who live with smokers are almost twice as likely to have hearing loss than those not exposed to smoke at home. Whether smoking actually contributes to hearing loss is still unclear. To confirm the link, the study's authors are now conducting a 5-year, follow-up study, in which they are tracking hearing changes among smokers and nonsmokers. "Right now we can say smokers were more likely to have hearing loss," lead researcher Dr. Karen J. Cruickshanks told Reuters Health in an interview. "We need to finish the longitudinal study before we can say whether smoking predicts who develops hearing loss." About 30% to 35% of adults ages 65 to 75 have some degree of hearing loss. While it's not clear exactly what causes this age-associated loss, it appears that genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors all play roles. Smoking may contribute to hearing loss in a couple of different ways, said Cruickshanks, an associate professor in the department of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Wisconsin. Smoking suppresses the body's ability to repair damage to blood vessels -- including blood vessels feeding structures in the ear --and also its ability to repair damage to tiny sound receptors in the ear called "hair cells," she said. Heavy smokers were somewhat more likely to suffer hearing loss than light smokers, Cruickshanks and her colleagues found. The researchers gave study participants a variety of hearing tests, and had them to fill out questionnaires regarding their smoking habits and other lifestyle patterns. After controlling for the effects of other factors that might influence hearing -- age, sex, on-the-job noise exposure, cardiovascular disease -- the researchers found hearing loss was still more common among smokers. The findings "suggest that environmental exposures may play a role in age-related hearing loss," conclude the researchers. SOURCE: The Journal of American Medical Association 1998;279:1715-1719. dailynews.yahoo.com

To: epicure who wrote (22719)	6/3/1998 1:28:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

X: That has no bearing on the flagrant violation of Constitutional rights forced upon Americans-by-birthright. This is just one of the most spectacular of the many violations of the Constitution during this century. The majority (thousands) are happening today -- and many Americans are too ignorant to even realize it. Remember the reporter in the 1970s who asked 100 people on the street to comment on a mimeographed copy of the Bill of Rights? Over 40% thought it was a communist document. FT

To: epicure who wrote (22719)	6/3/1998 1:40:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Respond to of 108807

That's the one thing many people forget about nuclear weapons in '45. The radiological dimension of these bombs was practically unknown. The two salient facts were a) we had'em, and b) if we didn't use'em, count on another year and an easy hundred thousand US casualties - and many more dead Japanese. Once WWII was over, the "moral" dimension of having and using nukes, especially in a Cold War environment, took over. MacArthur desperately wanted to nuke the North Koreans. Truman told him (and wisely imo) to go **** himself. By 1960 the threat of a really nasty intercontinental bombing match effectively wrote the ground rules for the Cold War. We had to duke it out - conventionally, by proxy - in surrogate theaters like Viet Nam and the Middle East (incl. Afghanistan). Palindrome post. Purdy, ain't it!