Word: dosing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With more performance like Collins's, Geiger's, and a strong dose of that offensive confidence, the Crimson can probably prove Delaney Smith right...
...week's end all of the members of the class have successfully entered the gray zone. Two have achieved and maintained this state with the help of an insulin pump, a still-experimental device that mechanically injects a maintenance dose of insulin into the body throughout the day. For all the demands and nuisance of the tight-control regimen, most graduates say it has given them greater freedom. Instead of being told they must never eat ice cream or alter their meal times, they can be more flexible and occasionally enjoy forbidden foods, as long as they adjust their...
...some 31 million Americans who suffer from arthritis, the drug Oraflex promised blessed relief when it was introduced in May 1982. A single dose of the remedy had the painkilling power of a dozen or more aspirin tablets. But Oraflex has turned into a bitter disappointment. More than 135 users in the U.S. and Europe have died. Last week a federal jury in Georgia settled the first of some 100 lawsuits against Oraflex's manufacturer, Eli Lilly & Co. of Indianapolis (1982 sales: $2.9 billion...
...breast malignancy increases with age, the American Cancer Society has for nearly a decade urged women 50 and over to have their breasts X-rayed annually. This summer, the A.C.S. revised its recommendation to include women age 40 through 49, citing the improved accuracy and safety of low-dose mammography. The first line of defense for women of all ages, however, is self-examination. In 1970 only 25% of breast tumors were detected at stage 1. By 1980, as more women learned how to examine their breasts, the proportion had grown...
...grew up to be President, she bequeathed a toothy grin, piercing blue eyes and, as she put it, a "feeling for the underdog." To the rest of the nation, Lillian Carter-"Miss Lillian," as she was universally known-passed on a refreshing dose of down-home sass and straightforward irreverence. "There was really nothing outstanding about Jimmy as a boy," she once said of her successful firstborn, contending that Daughter Gloria, two years younger, was actually the smartest of her brood. And in 1976 she admonished her candidate-son Jimmy to "quit that stuff about never telling a lie." Lillian...