Word: kidney
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hussein smiling benevolently, are often reluctant to admit the extent of the health disaster they are witnessing. But signs of distress are everywhere. Many hospitals were damaged by allied bombing, including three in Baghdad and two in Basra. Completely destroyed was the only hospital in the country that performed kidney transplants and advanced heart surgery. In other cases, physical damage to medical facilities was caused by the civilian uprisings that followed...
Officially, the ailing Honecker, 78, was moved for "humanitarian reasons" / -- treatment of circulatory and kidney problems. But the German government charged that the Soviets violated international law by removing an indicted man from legal jurisdiction. "We cannot and will not accept what has happened," said Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher. "The German government expects him to be brought back...
...Cleopatra Haslip was admitted to a hospital emergency room. While the diagnosis was disturbing -- a kidney infection -- Haslip rested more easily knowing that her insurance policy would cover her medical expenses. But she soon discovered that the insurance agent, Lemmie Ruffin, had pocketed her payments, leaving her with no protection. Haslip, a mother of five who made $8,800 a year as an employee of Roosevelt City, Ala., found herself stuck with $3,500 in medical bills. As a result, her credit rating was ruined and she was successfully sued by her doctor. Enraged, Haslip filed a lawsuit against Ruffin...
Beyond the kidney-shaped table that serves as Savage's cockpit in the 20-ft. by 60-ft. classroom, Cal Phipps, Nicole's eighth-grade cousin, reads about peristalsis for science. His younger brother Chad and fellow fourth-grader Chan Childers pursue phonics at their desks. Chan's second-grade sister Nolan wrestles solo with a spelling exercise, and Renee Stanton, Becky's seventh- grade sister, is engrossed in the Civil War for social studies...
...There has already been one study suggesting a link between acetominophen and kidney failure," notes Dr. Paul Stolley, of the University of Pennsylvania, who wrote a New England Journal editorial about the phenacetin study. "The relationship between the two drugs makes us want to know more about the possible risks." A spokesman for McNeil Consumer Products, manufacturer of Tylenol, denies that the new study points to any problems with acetominophen...