Word: harmfulness
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...Shafer warned that pregnant women taking valproate should not immediately stop taking the drug, as they might suffer seizures, which can also harm a developing fetus...
...each locality determines its own parameters for issuing an Amber Alert, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) offers these guidelines: law enforcement confirms a child has been abducted law enforcement believes the circumstances surrounding the abduction indicate that the child is in danger of serious bodily harm or death there is enough descriptive information about the child, abductor, and/or suspect1s vehicle to believe an immediate broadcast alert will help...
Critics still maintain that the economic benefits outweigh any ecological harm done by the logging. This view, however, flies in the face of reality and simply reflects the outdated economic analysis of a neo-mercantilist economy that relies on natural resources to provide growth. America has been moving toward a service economy based on information and technology for many years and logging represents the past not the future. In 20 years, when all the forests have been logged, those workers that benefit today will again be facing unemployment, with the only difference being the destruction of the forest. But even...
...nobody needs a refresher course on the symptoms of the common cold. With just one more month left in peak cold season, most folks have already suffered their share of scratchy throats, runny noses, raucous sneezes and nagging headaches. If only the changing weather meant you were out of harm's way. Alas, colds are caused by hundreds of different viruses from several major viral families. Spring turns out to be prime time--along with summer and fall--for the so-called rhinoviruses, culprits in as many as 35% of all colds. There's just no time of year when...
...survey, patients said they wanted to know about any error that could potentially cause harm, whereas physicians said that they would make exceptions when the harm is trivial or they think a patient might not understand the error or want to know about it. As far as apologies go, both patients and physicians agreed they were a good idea in principle. Doctors, however, were worried that saying "I'm sorry" could imply legal liability...