Word: lethally
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Steve Mason is ready for death. Since last December, the 65-year-old writer has kept four small bottles of clear liquid Nembutal-- a lethal dose of barbiturates--in his Ashland, Ore., condominium. And at some point in the next few months, when terminal lung cancer has spread to his liver or brain, when his breath is short and he feels too sick to eat or sleep, he will pick a day to gather close friends and family about him. He will give away his belongings and say his goodbyes. "It will be a celebration of life," Mason predicts...
...conditions, euthanasia is still forbidden. In practice, though, voluntary euthanasia - when a doctor ends a patient's life with his or her consent - is common. A 2003 University of Zurich study showed that 7 out of 10 terminally ill Swiss resorted to voluntary euthanasia by, for example, ingesting a lethal dose of drugs or asking to have life-support systems disconnected. The practice remains illegal in France, though a draft "right-to-die" law was passed last November in the National Assembly and will be debated by the Senate later this year. If approved, it will "essentially give permission...
Bedtime can be lethal for folks with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a study of 112 people who died from cardiac causes. The deadliest hours for those with OSA are from midnight to 6 a.m.; for most people, the risk of cardiac-related death is highest after waking, from 6 a.m. to noon...
Harvard evened the score with its own lethal power play just over halfway into the frame...
...health care fraud charges stem from allegations that Ahmed mixed blood samples of patients who had the less lethal Pemphigoid strain with those who had the lethal Pemphigus, in order to obtain Medicare coverage for their treatment...