Word: lows
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...five studies had the best results with a platinum-based drug, like cisplatin. Side effects of this treatment include nausea, vomiting and low red and white blood-cell counts, but not hair loss...
...while the drugstore market may be "ripe for the picking," as Forrester analyst Kate Delhagen argues, it's not low-hanging fruit. A sick person is not going to wait the necessary three to five shipping days for delivery of antibiotics. Instead, the online stores are focusing on people who at regular intervals order maintenance medication for everything from impotence to high blood pressure and high cholesterol. These are the drugstores' most coveted customers, and their purchases make up half the $100 billion prescription business...
...last week that women are most likely to produce a healthy, full-term infant if they conceive 18 to 23 months after the birth of their previous child. That works out to about 2 1/2 years between kids. Conceiving after, say, six months increases by 40% the risk of low birth weight or premature delivery. After 10 years, the risk jumps even higher...
With the winds of controversy blowing, one would think city officials might lie low until the clouds pass. No way. Giuliani's parks commissioner, Henry J. Stern, last Wednesday turned his attention to the problem of free-roaming canines, warning "dog terrorists" that they face fines of as much as $1,000 for unleashed animals. Someone in city hall may have considered the idea of seizing such pets but thought better of it. After all, how much could a slightly used Yorkie fetch at a police auction...
What retirees like most, however, is the low cost of living. Tennessee has no income tax, and electric and water bills are inexpensive. "I would say you could live here comfortably for around $25,000 a year," says Frank Butler, 68. He and his wife Vernie paid property taxes of $4,000 on their South Florida home; for the 80-acre farm near Newport they bought in 1996, they're paying a third of that. The average price for a two-bedroom, two-bath home on one acre is $75,000. For that, you also get the weather...