Word: curing
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...there a cure? Vaccines have been successfully used in many parts of the world, though vaccinated animals are not totally resistant to the disease. Animals must be revaccinated every four to six months. Also, vaccines contain inactivated viruses and the inoculated animals can pass the disease on. It is also difficult to tell the difference between a vaccinated animal and one that actually has the disease, since both show signs of the virus in tests. For this reason, many countries ban the import of vaccinated livestock. To eradicate the disease once it strikes, all infected animals-as well as those...
...fast-talking thugs constantly declaring their ethnicity, swearing, spouting colorful cliches or all three ("Kiss my underpaid Irish ass!"). The dank, moody tone is dead-on, though, and a strong cast includes the welcome David Strathairn as the stressed-out head of the FBI force. It's hardly the cure-all for Thursdays-at-10 malaise, but this Apple at least has a chance of keeping the doctors...
...Administrators and school committee members have identified the improvement plan as a virtual cure-all for the district...
...even today, when the worst pain is usually a headache after patients awaken, some say they are coerced into electroshock and lied to about it. "The doctor told my family it was an absolute cure for depression," says Juli Lawrence, who underwent electroshock in 1994. But the following week she attempted suicide. She says her doctor also failed to warn her about the memory loss usually associated with electroshock, which can range from forgetting where you parked your car to forgetting that you own a car at all. The memory loss is often temporary, but not always. (A 1999 Surgeon...
...pain of uncontrolled convulsions remained. Patients fractured their spine, bit their tongue, broke bones. Consequently, the devils who ran some asylums used electroshock as punishment. In many circles, it retains a frisson of barbarity. Writers such as Ernest Hemingway and Sylvia Plath reinforced the image. "It was a brilliant cure," Hemingway wrote sarcastically in the days after his electroshock and before shooting himself, "but we lost the patient...