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...malaria provokes a powerful response by the immune system. Heimlich does not apply malaria therapy, which is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Nonetheless, he insists that the treatment, available in Mexico and Panama, is a legitimate last resort for late-stage Lyme sufferers who are "paralyzed, bedridden in a fetal position" or perhaps going blind. Results vary, and what is achieved by weeks of full-blown malaria seems at best to be a remission...
...illness is hard to diagnose, but fevers, swollen lymph nodes, muscle weakness, headaches and bouts of fatigue that last for six months or more can all be signs of CFS. Many patients are unable to work and even become bedridden. Alan Tolkoff, a Los Angeles management consultant who has recovered from CFS, got so weak that his wife had to spoon-feed him. With no specific tests to pinpoint the syndrome, patients having milder symptoms can go through several physicians before finding one who believes something is seriously wrong. However, more and more doctors are listening to the complaints...
...midst of all these city slickers. Tracy Pollan is a preppie breath of fresh air as a Princeton graduate student with whom Jamie spends a rare drug-free evening. Otherwise, it will come as no surprise that Oscar winning actress Dianne Wiest is competent as Jamie's beloved, bedridden mother, and Swoosie Kurtz is decent as what appears to be the only decent woman in New York City...
...twins. Only one out of every 2 million births produces twins who are joined at the head. Because of the way the Binder babies were attached, their prospects were especially bleak. Without surgical intervention, says Rogers, who is chief of pediatric intensive care, "they would have had to remain bedridden for as long as they lived...
...machine. Finally, the Administration seemed to have lost at least temporarily any chance of gaining the release of the missing six U.S. hostages in Lebanon, or of cultivating the Iranian politicians who might sooner or later take over from Khomeini. The 86-year-old Ayatullah is reported to be bedridden following a recent heart attack, but for at least as long as he lives, Iranian officials, including those who have been in quiet contact with the White House, cannot afford to be caught dealing any further with the Great Satan...