Word: fatalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...much of this century, the prevailing thought was that pre-term babies should not be touched, since the slightest shock could prove fatal. Ever so slowly, the medical establishment has been warming to the idea that massage helps sickly babies. Yet only a handful of hospital nurseries in the U.S. offer massage to these tiniest of patients. Hospital administrators remain skeptical of claims about its therapeutic value, and since most HMOs don't cover baby massage, there's little incentive to start pilot programs. Besides, harried nurses can barely handle the steady stream of critically ill infants with special needs...
...epileptics, acute repetitive seizure episodes can be extremely dangerous or even fatal--and, until now, they often required a trip to the emergency room, causing hazardous delays in treatment. Now Diastat, a gel formation of the epilepsy medication diazepam, makes it possible for a family member to stop seizure episodes before they become harmful...
...Hismanal (an allergy drug) and Nizoral (an anti-fungal medication) in that bag? Together they can trigger fatal cardiac spasms. Taking a little Viagra to boost your love life? Make sure you're not also on nitroglycerin for angina. In the past two months, that combination has killed four men, including one who, the Food and Drug Administration revealed last week, complained of chest pains after having sex and was given nitroglycerin in the ambulance. Now the FDA is trying to figure out if other drugs, like the prostate medication Hytrin, don't mix with Viagra...
Just last week Roche Laboratories pulled its high-blood-pressure pill Posicor from the market because of potentially fatal interactions with 26 other medications, including such common cholesterol drugs as Mevacor and Zocor. If you are taking Posicor, however, don't just stop it on your own. Ask your doctor for a substitute prescription to keep your blood pressure safely under control...
TIME art critic Robert Hughes is the author of The Fatal Shore and American Visions