COUNTERING NATO EXPANSION… WITH NOSE DROPS.

A Russian institute has produced and tested a genetically engineered copy of the hormone corticotrophin to — among other things — help military commanders, pilots, and missile crews “calmly make decisions under the most extreme situations.” The drug, called Semaks, comes in the form of nose drops. Its development began during the Cold War at the behest of the military, but was only recently perfected. (Moskovsky komsomolets, February 14)

Doctor Denies Yeltsin’s Health is Deteriorating.