Word: coughings
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...government is not about to start second-guessing every internist who insists a cough sounded nasty. But Lauersen, 60, seems to present an extreme case. Prosecutors say he sent out falsified bills and created fictitious office notes, some prepared long after patient visits and then backdated. And the dollar amounts he is accused of defrauding are large: $4 million over the past 10 years...
...city's residents it has been devastating. Many have sheltered for months in freezing cellars with little to eat or drink, enduring daily pounding by Russian artillery and aircraft. Now hardly a building is left intact, and Russian officials have indicated that Moscow is unlikely to cough up the $1 billion that would be required to start rebuilding the city. (For one thing, if the history of the last war is anything to go by, Moscow's tenure there may be far from eternal.) Instead, Moscow appears set to simply leave Grozny in ruins as a warning to Chechens...
...afternoon staring down into his drink the way French intellectuals always stared down at their drinks in Left Bank cafes--either because they had just thought of something profoundly ironic or because it had occurred to them that what they persisted in drinking tasted very much like cough medicine...
Jones has no such problem, so Ross was asked the chances for an aging dreamer who sometimes doubles over in the ring with a nicotine cough but has more personality than most of the witless drones you see on TV. "The chances for a guy like that are slim and none," Ross says, "and Slim's about to leave town...
...which poses particular dangers to people with compromised immune systems, is distinguished from other bugs by several factors: Its onset is extremely quick, and it brings high fever, cough and sore throat, headaches, extreme fatigue and muscle aches. Although some sufferers, including the elderly and the very young, should seek emergency assistance if the symptoms are extreme, most flu patients will be advised simply to rest, drink fluids and take a fever-reducer such as Tylenol or Advil. "You treat the symptoms," says TIME medical contributor Dr. Ian Smith. "Flu isn't life-threatening - it just makes people feel horrible...