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...Ayerst's Enbrel, and Remicade, made by a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, which have been in use for roughly two years. Both inhibit a messenger in the inflammatory cascade known as the tumor necrosis factor (TNF). The drugs are more effective than traditional medications, and more likely to retard joint degradation. "The idea that biologics could prove effective against autoimmune disease has been firmly established by the TNF story," says Dr. H. Michael Belmont of the Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York City...
...hadn't exactly been gung ho about the need to fight in the first place. Powell had, in fact, expressed deep reservations about responding with military force to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait. That, perhaps, was his job - after all, he was the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the commanders had presented him with U.S. casualty estimates that numbered around...
...commentators may question whether putting the State Department in the hands of a soldier creates an imbalance toward a military perspective in the new administration's national security team. After all, the views of the Pentagon typically find their way to the Oval Office via the defense secretary and Joint Chiefs chairman, where they sometimes collide with the diplomatic concerns that are the province of the secretary of state...
...reason the Bush tax cut may not have much impact is that its biggest parts, like across-the-board rate reductions, are the ones least likely to sail through a sharply divided Congress. And the pieces that are easiest to pass, like an end to the marriage penalty for joint filers, are too small to do much to stimulate consumer spending. Democrats have accepted the inevitability of some kind of tax reduction's passing Congress this year. House minority leader Dick Gephardt has already said so. But none of them is prepared to support cuts of the size that Bush...
...suffering and confusion should begin to lift this year, however, thanks to the efforts of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the group responsible for certifying the quality and safety of the majority of hospitals, nursing homes and clinics in the U.S. Starting Jan. 1, these medical facilities will have to show that they meet certain standards for the assessment and treatment of pain in all their patients. Failure to meet the standards, which were jointly developed with the University of Wisconsin Medical School in Madison, could lead to a financially devastating loss of the right to treat...