Word: clinical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After a "terribly painful and lonely period" following Michael Dukakis' loss in last November's presidential election, Kitty, 52, checked into a Rhode Island clinic in early February for treatment of a drinking problem. She refused to blame the defeat for her troubles. "Any crisis could have led to the drinking," she said. "The campaign was a very positive experience for me. The only thing that happened wrong was that we lost." She can only hope her next campaign turns out better...
...want advance knowledge so they can prepare their families and put what is left of their lives in order. Others might prefer not knowing anything at all. "We may be able to see into the future," says Doreen Markel, a genetic counselor at the University of Michigan's Neurology Clinic. "But ask yourself: Do you really want to know what you're going...
Students may complain about the wait at University Health Services, but it seems as though professors have nothing to worry about. On a recent visit to the UHS walk-in clinic, a Crimson reporter who had been waiting for nearly an hour noticed Lamont University Professor Amartya Sen take a seat. Ten minutes went by, and the Oxford-imported scholar waited calmly next to the students. A harried doctor soon emerged, though, and with a "Right this way, Mr. Sen," whisked the professor away from the scene. The students continued waiting...
...extent that these women are overwhelmingly the ones who opt for abortion, it becomes evident that deeprooted social problems often lead women--with a great deal of anguish--to the abortion clinic...
...couples are bitter about their experience with IVF. One 29-year-old woman in Dallas underwent several unsuccessful IVF attempts at a total cost of some $17,000. She complains that her doctor never told her that his success rate had dropped from 25% to 5% or that the clinic's new embryologist had never helped produce a birth. Says the woman: "I put trust in people, and that doesn't work. I have this desire so bad for a baby, I would do anything to make it work, and I find out I've been ripped off the whole...