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...human beings have sought to heal ourselves for as long as we have experienced disease and injury. For at least 3,000 years, the practitioners of medicine have codified these efforts, chronicling each new theory and practice--for the benefit not only of future healers but also of anyone eager to understand the limits of survival...
...neuroprotective agents now being studied have the added benefit of being effective whether the stroke is caused by a clot or by internal bleeding. So far, however, they have worked only in experiments with laboratory animals, where they could be given within minutes after a stroke was induced. Clinical trials are under way to see whether, as with TPA, administering these drugs shortly after the stroke's occurrence produces better results...
Among the first to benefit from the new techniques were Jim and Sarah Redington, of Hot Springs, Virginia. By 1994, after eight years of waiting, they had nearly given up hope of having a second child. Jim, a family physician, was treated for testicular cancer in 1985 while Sarah was pregnant with their daughter Rebecca. He could no longer produce sperm, and the samples he had stored at a sperm bank before his cancer treatment had failed to make Sarah pregnant again. Not even the in vitro process resulted in conception. "The doctor said it didn't work and never...
...liked it before, but I think increased shuttle service can only be a further benefit for the Quad community," Ashong said...
...seekers that he retains a savvy, full-time aide, Pete Wehner, to help him deal with politicians and the press. In a typical recent week, Republican Senator Dan Coats of Indiana phoned to work with Bennett on a bill that would expand tax incentives for contributions to charities that benefit the poor, while Democratic Senators Sam Nunn of Georgia and Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut volunteered to help with the crusade against trashy entertainment. Newt Gingrich scheduled a meeting with Bennett, and Rush Limbaugh phoned for an interview. The mail arrived in several cartons and contained, along with a dozen speaking...