Word: clinicism
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...must stop misusing them. Consider the case of penicillin. For decades, it has been prescribed by many physicians for every sniffle and sneeze, even when the source of the problem was a virus. Antibiotics have been recklessly prescribed for ear and even sinus infections, many of which, as Mayo Clinic researchers recently noted, are not due to bacteria at all but to the immune system's response to fungal infections...
...rapidity with which this new class of drugs has emerged is nothing short of stunning. Of course, until the clinical trials now under way render a verdict, no one knows whether any of these novel compounds will turn into a pharmaceutical Cinderella, but at least the possibility is there. "Compared with what [Alzheimer's researchers] had coming down the pipeline a couple of years ago, it's night and day," says Dale Schenk, vice president of neurobiology at Elan Pharmaceuticals in South San Francisco. "Finally we have moved out of the laboratory and into the clinic...
...commonly used birth control. At a press conference January 9, Kate Michelman, president of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL), called Ashcroft's nomination a "risk to the fundamental rights of every American woman." Abortion-rights activists worry Ashcroft could turn a blind eye to clinic violence, or otherwise use his post to undermine the intent of Roe v. Wade...
...kids by phoning his teammates, including Winters, leaving funny messages on their answering machines. Chmura also knew at least one person among the partyers: the alleged victim had baby-sat at his home. His attorney points out that no DNA evidence has been discovered implicating Chmura and that a clinic exam showed that the accuser's hymen was intact. But that exam, according to court papers, also indicated evidence "consistent with some object being forcibly inserted" in her genital area...
...promising anti-cancer drug developed by Dr. M. Judah Folkman, a Harvard Medical School professor, has passed safety testing and will go into human trials at the Mayo Clinic...