Word: dose
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Would you believe...they were beer cansbombarded with an accidental dose of radiation...
However, critics maintain that the system Sandoz came up with -- in which patients cannot get their weekly dose unless they provide Sandoz, or a company under contract to Sandoz, with a blood sample -- is no more than an elaborate form of gouging. "There are many, many ways to do the same job for a lot less money," said Harvard's Salzman. He and others argue that most hospitals and mental-health clinics could conduct the same testing at a lower cost. They point out that in Europe, where the blood testing is not mandatory, the drug costs only about...
...those who received a measles shot before they were 15 months of age must receive a second dose because "blocking maternal antibodies prevented them from mounting their own antibodies from the vaccine," said Dr. Susan M. Lett, medical director of the immunization program at the Department of Public Health...
Even those who were immunized after 15 months of age need a new shot, doctors said, because a small percentage of people do not respond to the first dose of measles innoculation...
...typical marriage is a dual-career affair. That means two sets of job demands, two paychecks, two egos -- and a multitude of competing claims on both spouses' time, attention and energy. The two-job flight path is marked by demands for fairness and parity that require some mobility, a dose of originality and a high degree of flexibility...