Word: notted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Given the tense state of the world, there is much to be gained simply by the pursuit of ecumenism, however long the road may eventually be. Before his trip to Turkey, John Paul told Catholic ecumenists from 59 nations that Christian divisions "impair the credibility of Christ himself and hinder...
For men facing permanent impotence resulting from surgery for cancers in the pelvic region, diabetes, spinal cord injuries or other physical causes-and for those whose problem is psychological in origin and is not helped by therapy-two kinds of penile implants are available. In one operation, which takes about...
Potency does not come cheap. Rod implant surgery runs around $3,500, including hospitalization; for the inflatable prosthesis the cost can go as high as $9,000. Despite the expense, which some medical insurance does not cover, the operations are becoming increasingly popular, and doctors performing them say that implanted...
Others are not so sure. Psychiatrist Sonja Kramarsky-Binkhorst of Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn interviewed 31 women whose partners had had the semirigid silicone implants; 13 said the couple were not totally satisfied with the result. Among the complaints: the small size and relative flexibility of the penis. In...
Many physicians encourage counseling of the partner before and after surgery and some, like Dr. Robert Wickham of Manhattan's Roosevelt Hospital or Dr. Ralph Benson of the University of Wisconsin Medical School, insist on it. But others, like New York University's Dr. Jordan Brown, are "not...