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...nightmares that make sleeping impossible. Smaller kids have trouble swallowing horse-pill-size tablets designed for adults. Liquid meds taste awful and can induce instant vomiting. Meds time often provokes a struggle; it's one thing these kids can rebel against. Some bury their medicine in sofa cushions or flush it down the toilet...
...operation is called arthroscopic knee surgery, and more than a quarter-million Americans were getting it each year. Doctors would make three small incisions in the knee, insert a tiny scope, flush debris out of the area with water and sometimes shave away rough surfaces around the joint to help the tendons and ligaments glide more smoothly. Part of the appeal of the surgery was that it was minimally invasive; most patients walked away requiring little or no recovery time...
...contrition, what practical role can it continue to play? As the peace process has stuttered on, even its enemies accepted it should be strong - to keep potential rebels in line and to stop weapons being turned to street crime. Now republicans themselves are implying the I.R.A. is a busted flush. After sorry, the hardest word may be goodbye...
...destroying bin Laden's sanctuary in Afghanistan, U.S. commanders hoped they could flush him out and pick him off with an air strike. With bin Laden underground, possibly in a country inhospitable to U.S. action, the best chance of eliminating him may lie in cultivating agents who can infiltrate his inner circle and bump him off. But recruiting spies--who must be ethnically suited for their mission and possess the savvy to get inside--is slow, painstaking work...
...eyes from glaucoma, a major cause of vision loss in the U.S., could be as simple as dribbling a few medicated drops into the eyes. Too much ocular fluid building up in the eyes squeezes the optic nerve, impairing sight. But eyedrops designed to drain that fluid in a flush of tears can reduce the risk of developing glaucoma more than 50%, according to a study of over 1,600 patients. That's especially encouraging since 3 million to 6 million Americans have elevated pressure in the eyes that puts them at high risk for developing the disease. --By Alice...