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...skeletal systems, such as fibromyalgia and tennis elbow--even more effective, in some cases, than conventional therapies. It was judged to be a "reasonable option" for the relief of postoperative pain and low-back pain. And it won qualified endorsement as a supplement to standard remedies for drug addiction, carpal-tunnel syndrome, osteoarthritis and asthma...
...however, will probably not rest on the quality of these experiments. If it's cheaper and less painful than going to the hospital, and if it gets results, Americans will use it. A Boston University researcher told the panel that the saving from just faster stroke rehabilitation and effective carpal-tunnel-syndrome treatment could cut the nation's annual medical bill by $11 billion. Such a saving is sure to catch the eye of HMOs and private health insurers. As Daniel Cherkin, a senior scientific investigator for a large HMO in Seattle, puts it, "Why something works...
Imagine that the true spirit of the season infused our people. Imagine that the rush for the 64-bit sensation Spatterguts III dissipated, that the latest digital-audio-video-cellular phenomenon inflicted carpal-tunnel syndrome on shoppers as they whipped out credit cards. Our consumer-electronics industry took in $6.7 billion in sales last December--nearly 15% of its total sales. What would happen to the game designers, the assemblers, the shippers and the clerks in all those consumer-electronics stores? Unemployment, thank you very much...
...report makes no mention of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, which threatens many students and Faculty, particularly those who work in the computer sciences. Proper equipment (wrist pads, for example) should be provided to mitigate this health concern...
...CNBC has announced a series called Scan, a weekly look at technology's impact on people's lives. The show will be sponsored by IBM, which also has final approval over the show's content--ensuring, presumably, that technology's impact will not include things like corporate downsizing and carpal-tunnel syndrome. (Whether IBM's editorial involvement will be noted in the show's credits has not yet been decided.) Scan was commissioned by CNBC's sales and marketing department, though Jack Reilly, vice president for business news, maintains he will have final say over whether it airs. "This...