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...that medical practices vary so widely is that doctors suffer from a shortage of certain essential information. Despite the proliferation of medical reports and journals, there are few statistics on the comparative results of clinical procedures. And there is no comprehensive national collection of data concerning what treatments work best for what kind of patients. In fact, relatively little systematic research has been done on the "outcomes" of patients' treatment -- whether they get better or worse, live...
...least 100 patient- outcomes projects will be under way, with sponsors as diverse as the Cleveland Clinic and the Maine Medical Assessment Foundation. High on the list of treatments to be studied are those for cataracts, diabetes and broken hips (the question: When is replacing the hip the best thing to do?). A report in the New England Journal of Medicine suggested that one type of prostate surgery works better than an increasingly popular alternative operation. The American Urological Association is planning an intensive comparative study of the long-term prospects of patients who undergo one of the two procedures...
...retrospective has not arrived, but the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan has mounted a small exhibition of 25 of his sculptures (through Aug. 20), sensitively curated with an excellent catalog essay by Laura Rosenstock. Even from this limited evidence, it is clear that Wilmarth was by far the best American sculptor of his generation...
...large works like the Nine Clearings for a Standing Man, 1973, Wilmarth achieved the kind of grandeur of light and pared-down form that one associates with Rothko at his best, and something more: the sense of a figure, not described but evoked by a flat vertical plane, behind the glass. Even in a smaller piece like Is, Was (Chancing), 1975-76, there is a fascinating exchange between dark and light, solidity and translucency, underwritten by the economical logic of its making: a single sheet of steel cut and folded, a single plate of glass. And the cables that hold...
...previous week. After deliberating for ten hours on the 34th floor of the Time & Life Building in Manhattan, the board approved a double-barreled response that demonstrated Time's determination to complete its merger with Warner. Declaring that Paramount's $175-a-share bid was "not in the best interests of Time, its stockholders and its other constituencies," the board, which consists of four Time executives and eight outside directors, unanimously rejected the proposal. Said Time President N.J. Nicholas: "The $175-a-share offer does not come close to the true value of this company...