The Saturday Evening Post articles from May 2000

The Saturday Evening Post archives from May 2000

Letters.
May 1, 2000... Patient Applauds Dr. Isner I was dismayed to read in the March 12, 2000, Wall Street Journal the attack on Dr. Jeffrey Isner's cardiac gene therapy work. I was Dr. Isner's first gene therapy patient two years ago. I had the VEGF-1 gene...

A WALK A DAY.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Seven strategies to step up your benefits It's a bit oversimplified, but substantially true: A 30-minute walk a day helps keep the doctor away. That's the gist of the 278-page Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon...

Post People.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Olympic gold medal winner Peter Vidmar never set out to become an international star, but he was determined to become the best gymnast on the U.S. Olympic team. And in 1984, he proved he was. As captain of the U.S. men's team, he and his...

HOME DESIGN FOR THE GOLDEN YEARS.
May 1, 2000... The elderly often have difficulty reaching cabinets and negotiating hallways, but what if houses were built to adjust as we age? Every day at noon, Brenda Jones and her aging mother, Marie, head out of the house for their daily walk. It...

YOU WERE A GOOD MAN, CHARLES SCHULZ!(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Before the Peanuts gang appeared in your newspaper, they originally appeared in the Post. Charles Schulz, creator of the much-beloved comic strip Peanuts, died February 12, 2000, one day before his final cartoon strip was to appear. In...

CHON DAY.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... 1907-2000 The Post sadly regrets the passing of its longest-running cartoonist. Chon Day has been a regular fixture of the Post since 1948. He was the master of the to-the-point punch line. We'll miss you, Chon. "Give me the bad...

TIPS FOR VIBRANT HEALTH AND BEAUTY AT EVERY AGE.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... LOOK GOOD, FEEL GOOD Revitalize Aging Skin You never thought it possible: You look in the mirror one day and see fine lines, tiny wrinkles, maybe even a few age spots. Fortunately, topical creams and good skin care can help make...

MEXICAN FEAST -- WITHOUT THE FAT.
May 1, 2000... The south-of-the-border flavor comes through loud and clear in heart-healthy versions of classic Mexican dishes that are just right for diabetic diets. Are you a fan of Mexican food, but concerned about fat and cholesterol? Then the...

POST SCRIPTS.
May 1, 2000... It Just Makes Scents April showers Bring May flowers-- Scents-ational proof Of God's powers. --Rose Korotkin Know Bones About It A tourist was visiting an area where dinosaur bones were discovered. Sitting...

CORONARY GENE THERAPY: RESTORING HOPE & LIVES.(Interview)
May 1, 2000... A new treatment for coronary artery disease may soon revolutionize the way cardiologists treat heart disease and may offer an alternative to bypass and angioplasty procedures. Two years ago, Jack Gardiner was old that he had six months to...

Jack Gardiner: Patient Number One.(coronary disease gene therapy)(Interview)
May 1, 2000... In late February 1998, Jack Gardiner became the first patient in the St. Elizabeth's Coronary Gene Therapy Program trials. After a series of heart problems over the years, Jack was facing a grim prognosis: doctors at Duke University gave him...

Homer Gum: Enjoying the Good Life Once More.(coronary disease gene therapy)(Interview)
May 1, 2000... When we called to interview Homer Gum about his recent catheter-based coronary gene therapy treatment, his wife, Pat, told us he was out taking care of his hunting dogs on their four-acre farm in southern Illinois. She was very happy to report...

The Perfect Squelch.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... The new bank teller, a brisk young man from the East, frowned impatiently when the Basque sheepherder tried to explain his business in very broken English. "I can't spend all day trying to find out what you're talking about," he snapped. "I'll...

You Be the Judge.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Shoplifter Snifty slipped into Luke's self-service record shop, slid a half-dozen records under his coat, and walked nonchalantly past the cash register toward the door. Luke, however, collared him before he could dodge away. "Snifty's...

Joe Griffith: Good Days Again.(coronary disease gene therapy)(Brief Article)(Interview)
May 1, 2000... In December 1998, 55-year-old logging contractor Joe Griffith became patient number 20 in the gene therapy program at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center. Like all the patients in the groundbreaking experiment, Joe had exhausted conventional tools...

KEEPING UP WITH TULIPS.
May 1, 2000... Throughout their colorful history, these fashionable flowers from Holland have stayed in step with the tastes of the times. Tulips are popping up all over these days--and not just in flower beds. A spate of new books and newspaper stories...

The Tulip.(Review)
May 1, 2000... Unable to find a comprehensive book about her favorite flower, British gardener Anna Pavord wrote her own bestseller. The Tulip by Anna Pavord 448 pages, Bloomsbury USA, $40.00 Imagine a sun-bleached hillside in Greece. And picture...

POST UPDATE SURVEYING THE GENETICS OF BIPOLAR DISORDER.(Interview)
May 1, 2000... Post readers are making a vital contribution to the understanding of generic links to bipolar disorder. Editor's Note: "It has been extremely successful," says John Nurnberger, M.D., of the collaboration between researchers into the...

Art in Bloom.(magazine cover illustrations)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... April showers may bring May flowers, but even more so did the Post's spring covers bring out the best from our beloved illustrators of the past. If artists were not sensitive souls, they would not be artists, (They might be writers,...

Where do you think you are?(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... East or West, North or South, each of the distinctive areas above appears on the map of a single city, state, or province. In terms of routes, state parks, mountains, and memorials, there is, as the saying goes, "no place like it." Can you...

Chromium: Elixir Nutraceutical for Diabetes.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Magnesium isn't the only supplement that can help reduce the body's resistance to insulin. People with diabetes should consider adding another component to the Cardiac Elixir: chromium, a trace mineral. Researchers have been looking into...

HOME IS THE GOLFER.(Fiction)
May 1, 2000... Being Extracts From the Diary of the Other Cheek A weight watcher takes to the links in search of his favorite club and the svelte silhouette he left behind ten years before. EDITOR'S NOTE: Ogden Nash is best known for his witty...

PARKINSON'S DISEASE--THE SEARCH FOR GENETIC CLUES.(Interview)
May 1, 2000... The country's leading genetic researchers need your help in unraveling the mystery of Parkinson's disease, which affects the lives of over one million Americans. What do U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, boxing legend Muhammad Ali, Rev....

MEDICAL MAILBOX.(Column)
May 1, 2000... "Discovery consists in seeing what everybody else has seen and thinking what nobody has thought."--Szent-Gyorgyi Focus on Gene Therapy We interviewed researcher Keith March, M.D., Ph.D., from the Krannert Institute of Cardiology in...