Word: dosing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Gulf War and the fall of communism, the L.A. riots, even the apocalyptic rhetoric of the Republican revolution. But in the two years since Oklahoma City, the rough edges of the national psyche seem to have been sanded down a bit, as if we'd taken a collective dose of lithium. The economy is performing nicely, crime is down, we're finally bored of O.J. This isn't end time--it's quiet time...
...symptoms of perimenopause, phytoestrogens are shaping up as the next big health fad--as big, perhaps, as fiber and omega-3 fatty acids rolled into one. The reason: many women are unhappy with the options mainstream medicine has to offer. For younger women in perimenopause, gynecologists sometimes prescribe low-dose birth-control pills to even out hormone levels. And as full menopause draws nearer, physicians typically prescribe Premarin, an estrogen derived from pregnant mares' urine. But while the benefits of Premarin are considerable--among other things, it may reduce the risk of heart disease and osteoporosis--there are potential dangers...
Three engine trucks, two latter trucks and a rescue unit arrived at the scene quickly and located the fire on the fourth flour. Water was used to dose the fire out, though Boyle said only a minimal amount was needed...
...flood of reports detailing how well various protease inhibitors were working on adults. "I couldn't in good conscience come back to Houston and take care of 300 kids with HIV and keep telling families that we couldn't offer protease inhibitors because we didn't know the correct dose," he remembers thinking. So Kline designed a simple study of 20 kids, ages 4 to 12, and made an educated guess at a dose that might be strong enough to do some good without doing irreparable harm. "The companies have not generated these data," he says. "I'm doing...
...successful in vanquishing HIV in adults, then pediatricians may consider using a similar approach with newborns. But they would need a lot more safety data before they could even attempt such an experiment. For one thing, babies' livers are too immature to process the powerful drugs. A full-strength dose might kill a toddler...