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Drinking two or more 12-ounce cans or bottles of any kind of beer a day increased the risk of gout 2.5 times compared with drinking no beer, according to [Hyon K. Choi]'s study. Consuming two drinks each containing a shot of liquor increased the risk 1.6 times compared with consuming no liquor

Whether beer contains a factor that promotes gout or wine a protective factor, or both, is not known. More research is needed to identify such possible factors and to determine whether changing the type of alcoholic beverage or reducing alcohol consumption would cut the incidence of gout, [Hyon K. Choi]'s team said

Botswana is the ninth previously polio-free country where the crippling disease has reappeared in recent months and the farthest from its presumed source, northern Nigeria. There, officials stopped polio vaccinations because of religious and political opposition, said officials of W.H.O., a United Nations agency in Geneva. In the past 18 months, polio viruses genetically linked to northern Nigeria have caused new cases of polio in nine previously polio-free countries. Besides Botswana, they are Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo

Botswana is the ninth previously polio-free country where the crippling disease has reappeared in recent months and the farthest from its presumed source, northern Nigeria. There, officials have stopped polio vaccinations because of religious and political opposition to it, said officials of the WHO, a U.N. agency in Geneva. In the past 18 months, polio viruses genetically linked to northern Nigeria have caused new cases of polio in nine previously polio-free countries. Besides Botswana, they are Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo

Botswana is the ninth previously polio-free country where the crippling disease has reappeared in recent months and the farthest from its presumed source, northern Nigeria. There, officials have stopped polio vaccinations because of religious and political opposition to it, said officials of the WHO, a U.N. agency in Geneva. In the past 18 months, polio viruses genetically linked to northern Nigeria have caused new cases of polio in nine previously polio-free countries. Polio virus is endemic in five countries besides Nigeria: Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Niger and Pakistan. Polio was endemic in 125 countries when the WHO began its polio eradication program in 1988

Dr. [H. SHERWOOD LAWRENCE], who was known as Jerry, was also an expert in infectious diseases, and his research generated other advances in immunology. Dr. Lawrence conducted research on the way the body rejects transplanted organs and how various conditions can damage tissue. Transfer factor is a small molecule, and it has been the center of scientific mystery, in part because Dr. Lawrence and other scientists were unable to identify it precisely. Some scientists suspect that transfer factor represents bits of many molecules. Dr. Lawrence also identified a link between the way cells respond immunologically to microbes like the bacterium that causes tuberculosis and the type of immune responses involved in the rejection of transplanted organs, said Dr. Fred T. Valentine, an immunologist who worked with Dr. Lawrence at NYU

Dr. Lawrence, who was known as Jerry, was also an expert in infectious diseases, and his research generated other advances in immunology. Dr. Lawrence conducted research on the way the body rejects transplanted organs and how various conditions can damage tissue. Transfer factor is a small molecule, and it has been the center of scientific mystery, in part because Dr. Lawrence and other scientists were unable to identify it precisely. Some scientists suspect that transfer factor represents bits of many molecules. Dr. Lawrence also identified a link between the way cells respond immunologically to microbes like the bacterium that causes tuberculosis and the type of immune responses involved in the rejection of transplanted organs, said Dr. Fred T. Valentine, an immunologist who worked with Dr. Lawrence at N.Y.U

Senator John Kerry's doctor said that he found small tears on two torn tendons during surgery on Mr. Kerry's right shoulder on Wednesday but that the 45-minute procedure was completed without complications and the patient awoke from his time under general anesthesia lucid and laughing. Dr. [Bertram Zarins] said Mr. Kerry would most likely be back in handshaking shape in a couple of weeks and to resume hoisting babies on the rope line shortly after that. Mr. Kerry's habit of tossing footballs with his staff for fun and photo opportunities may have to wait a few months though, he said

In both the teleconference with reporters and the widely circulated letter, [John Kerry]'s doctors emphasized his vigor and active lifestyle, and said there was no connection between the tendon tear in his right shoulder and last year's bout with cancer. Dr. Gerald J. Doyle, his primary physician, said Kerry's latest blood and X- ray tests showed no evidence that the cancer had recurred or spread

Trying to head off concern over Senator John Kerry's planned shoulder surgery this week, his campaign on Monday released a letter from his doctor attesting to Mr. Kerry's ''excellent health'' and arranged for his orthopedist to answer questions about Wednesday's scheduled procedure. In both the teleconference and the letter, Mr. Kerry's doctors emphasized his vigor and active lifestyle, and said there was no connection between the tendon tear in his right shoulder and last year's bout with cancer. Dr. Gerald J. Doyle, his primary physician, said Mr. Kerry's latest blood and X-ray tests, taken last month, showed no evidence that the cancer had recurred or spread. At a youth forum in Sacramento, Senator John Kerry sat yesterday next to Becky Chavez, a niece of the farm labor leader Cesar Chavez. Mr. Kerry read to the students from a biography of Mr. Chavez. (Photo by Associated Press)