Word: clinically
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...from West Virginia, about 40 miles from the community where our group traveled to build an addition to a low-income clinic and to transform a decrepit school building into a teen center and community public health center...
...joined the half of our group that worked on the clinic project, adding a 1400 square foot addition to a health center that offered low-cost medical care to poor residents. When we arrived, all that stood on the site was a ring of cinder blocks surrounding a sea of mud. When we left, the floor and walls were built and the roof was half completed...
...actual cause of the 290 deaths is not yet known. Many researchers feel the most likely explanation is a simple one: the 8,000 people receiving the drug under the alternate program were sicker than those in the clinical trials. To be eligible for DDI in the expanded tests, patients must be suffering from advanced AIDS and must be resistant to AZT. "For these people, DDI is a last-ditch effort," says Dr. Bernard Bihari of the Community Reseach Initiative, a clinic offering the drug to AIDS sufferers in New York City. Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes...
...with five-year-old daughter Sylvia, a beauty with sparkling green eyes and boundless hugs, walked from Mexico to Texas. When they reached Houston, Sylvia was battling bronchitis. Her parents had no idea where to turn for help. Then they met Mahon. She guided them to a local medical clinic, and before long the fire returned to Sylvia's eyes. "This is the only help I have," explains the woman, who speaks no English. "Without it, my baby would've died...
Some doctors urge patients to supplement routine medical care with mind- enhancing therapies. Last year for the first time more of the patients at the New England Deaconess Hospital's Mind-Body Clinic had been referred there by doctors than by friends and family. At the clinic, patients learn in groups how to achieve Dr. Herbert Benson's relaxation response, a physical state of deep rest. Nearly 80% of hypertension patients lower their blood pressure and require less medication; cancer patients report less nausea during chemotherapy. "Does it prolong life?" asks Dr. Benson. "We don't know. Some people promise...