Word: cure
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Before Dr. Chu, I lived on cortisone, Motrin, Advil and other pills that are bad for the liver," says Scavullo. Instead of "ending up in a wheelchair," he enthuses, "I was skiing and jumping horses." But beware acupuncturists -- or any healers -- who promise too much. "It's not a cure-all," says Chu, 83, who is also an M.D. Preferably acupuncture should be used in conjunction with Western medicine...
HYPNOSIS. The original hocus-pocus has moved off the magician's stage and into the doctor's office. According to the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, 15,000 health professionals now practice the technique. While not a cure, making healthy suggestions to hypnotized patients, studies show, can help them heal faster, give up smoking and other bad habits, and feel less pain -- long after a session ends. One remarkable study showed that burn patients heal faster, with less pain and fewer complications, if they are put in a trance shortly after they are injured...
Walsh says he believes that careful attention and planning can cure the economic and social woes in the community...
...humor was top-notch as always. Most notably, the "Clarence Thomas' English Muffins" skit hit the spot. Reminiscent of past Opportunes skits, it ranked among such classics as the group's miracle cure for yeast infections and their commercial for spring water douche...
Widely covered by the press, the procedure prompted dozens of phone calls to the NCI from patients desperately seeking a cure. Rosenberg stresses, however, that his work is highly experimental. The treatment puts a new twist on classic vaccine strategy. "When you think of a vaccine, it's usually to prevent a disease," he explains. "Here we're actually treating an advanced cancer...