He's a hero to some, credited with curing their diabetes, Parkinson's, and insomnia. Others have called him a fraud; his license to practice medicine in New York was revoked in 1995 after a successful lawsuit by a woman unhappy with his treatment of her multiple sclerosis. Irving Dardik, a former surgeon and developer of the controversial SuperWave theory, argues that everything in the universe moves in waves, and that illness results when we stifle those waves within our body. Science writer Roger Lewin explores the exercise regimen Dardik created to fight disease, as well as the scientific implications of the SuperWave theory in a new book. Making Waves: Irving Dardik and His SuperWave Principle, is in bookstores this month.
"Con dolcezza," in Italian, means "with sweetness," a musical reference. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, a classically trained pianist, can indeed show a touch of southern charm in her meetings with foreign leaders.
AP - Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald met Wednesday with the grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA officer's identity, putting the finishing touches on a two-year criminal probe that has ensnared two senior White House aides.