Word: anestheticized
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DENVER: Stephen Jones began his attempt to persuade jurors that although they've convicted his client on 11 counts in the most devastating terrorist act ever on U.S. soil, Timothy McVeigh does not deserve the death penalty. It's an almost impossible task after prosecutors spent two and a half...
--A kinder cut? Research shows that baby boys do feel pain during CIRCUMCISION, but it's easy to treat. A topical cream made of two types of anesthetic reduces the newborn's pain--as measured by crying, grimacing and rapid heart rate--without causing harmful side effects.
When Basbaum and his colleagues stumbled on this mailbox effect, they quickly realized that it could revolutionize surgery. In the past, most patients were put to sleep with a general anesthetic, which dulls the brain's memory of what has happened but does nothing to stop the spinal nerves from...
Physicians have since learned how to short-circuit that chain reaction. By numbing the surgical site with a separate injection of a local anesthetic, they can prevent many of the pain signals from ever reaching the spinal cord. Then, by administering small amounts of morphine to the spinal cord once...
In the long run, if there is a long run, Lebed could face a serious challenge from the Prime Minister. Chernomyrdin, 58, received a very restrained vote of confidence from Yeltsin last week when, after two weeks of hesitation, the Kremlin announced he would indeed act as President during the...