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...week it looked certain that a bipartisan bill making it easy for patients to sue their HMOs would pass the House. Republican Charlie Norwood, a dentist turned Congressman and a leading voice on the issue, wasn't bowing to constant pressure from Bush. As Norwood shuttled back and forth between the White House and his allies - including Senators John McCain and Ted Kennedy - he promised them he wouldn't sell...
...Boggess tell it: "The meeting danced back and forth all afternoon. I never heard the drum. When the drummer gets near the end of a song, there is always a hard drumbeat that is the signal that the song is about to end. We never got that drumbeat today...
...Under the menace of this decision, French doctors, whenever the slightest shadow turns up on the sonogram, will advise: Abort. Perfect children are mandated by law. Parents will be considered irresponsible if they bring forth a specimen less than perfect. Think of the charming effect this decision would have if it were applied in those many countries around the world where a fetus that turns up with a vagina rather than a penis is considered to be defective...
...already providing exercise information to passengers. JAL is showing a new nine-minute in-flight exercise video that refers to DVT. Emirates gives passengers the "Airogym," a sort of half inflated water wing, which they squash with one foot and then the other, pushing the air back and forth. And Taiwan-based China Airlines is introducing new seats that each consist of two airbags, which mold to the passenger's body to reduce seat pressure points and so allow better circulation...
...ruling came after a weekend of rumors that Pinochet had died, said Edwards. "His family came forth promptly and said 'no, he's alive but very ill,'" said Edwards. "Some people are saying that those rumors were spread in anticipation of this ruling...