Word: fatale
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact, medical workers are more vulnerable to being infected by patients than vice versa. The CDC has documented 40 such cases -- most of them involving accidents with hypodermic needles that contained contaminated blood. "Because there is mass hysteria, and because this is a fatal disease, and because people don't know very much about this, people's common-sense reaction, including Senators', is to act first and think later," says Geri Palast, a lobbyist for the Service Employees International Union, which represents 350,000 health-care workers...
...most vexing of medical issues: should the regulatory process be eased for drugs aimed at deadly diseases that do not respond to any other treatment? Vigorous lobbying by AIDS activists has led the FDA to expedite release of two drugs that appear to alleviate symptoms of that fatal infection. Inspired by that example, families of Alzheimer's patients have been demanding similar treatment...
...oxygen gets used up." Adults have enough lung power to suck in sufficient oxygen through the pillow, but Kemp and Thach determined that babies could not. By testing rabbits that had the same lung size as infants, the pediatricians proved that rebreathing into the bead-filled cushions was fatal for babies. The two investigators also determined that any movement by the children to free themselves only buried their faces deeper into the pillows...
Although the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of the cushions last year, the pillows are still readily available in people's closets and at garage sales. Investigators are now trying to determine if other products, like bedclothes or stuffed animals, could also cause fatal rebreathing. In addition, the Missouri doctors' findings are sure to fuel the controversy surrounding a question that should have been answered long ago: What is the safest position in which to put a newborn down to sleep? Pediatricians in some European countries recommend placing infants on their side, while most American doctors still...
...older actresses; she fearlessly plays next to someone 10 years younger. And at least Thelma and Louise stop short of emulating Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, who use their remaining ammunition to go out in a blaze of testosteronic glory. The movie may not have the impact of Fatal Attraction, but next time a woman passes an 18-wheeler and points her finger like a pistol at the tires, the driver might just put his tongue back in his mouth where it belongs...