Word: chronical
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DIED. FRANCIS MOORE, 88, Harvard professor and surgeon who advanced the fields of organ transplantation and post-operative care by measuring the body's common components, such as water, sodium and potassium, and tracking them during surgery; of suicide after chronic heart failure; in Westwood, Mass. A team under Moore's direction carried out the first successful human-organ transplant--a kidney between identical twins--in 1954. TIME hailed him, nine years later, as "one of the half-dozen greatest surgeons...
...Wash Various Artists “My last album was The Chronic,” exclaimed Dr. Dre in the 1999 smash hit “Still D.R.E.,” seemingly ignoring his 1996 compilation Dr. Dre Presents...The Aftermath. Of course, his forgetfulness was excusable; aside from the single “Been There, Done That,” Dre’s lineup of inept guest artists and producers proved one of the most disappointing efforts of his career. Fortunately, The Wash is one compilation he won’t have to disavow anytime soon. Given that...
Doctors sometimes let patients suffering from chronic pain self-administer prescribed doses of intravenous drugs. But those patients have always had to be tethered to an IV and drug bag. The first fully implantable drug pump could change all that. Here's how it works: morphine is stored in a pager-size pump just under the skin of the abdomen. A plastic catheter runs from the pump to the fluid-filled space outside the spinal cord, where pain signals travel. When the patient presses a handheld remote, the pump sends a measured dose of morphine directly to the spine. According...
...most vulnerable to the infection. Already there have been delays in getting this year's shipment of vaccine to clinics and doctors' offices. Those who should be at the front of the line include folks who are 65 or older, nursing-home residents and adults and children with chronic health problems, including asthma, kidney disease, heart disease and diabetes, as well as anyone who cares for or lives with such people. Flu shots are also important for men and women whose immune system is weakened by HIV or other conditions...
Strada's staff knows what to expect. Although it includes a handful of foreign medics, most of the more than 200 support staff are themselves previous patients, victims of the country's chronic warfare. The nonpartisan Emergency had been operating a hospital in Kabul as well, but shut it down in May after a raid by the Taliban religious police, in which both foreign and Afghan staff members were beaten up. The reason: men and women were not properly segregated in the dining hall...