Word: paines
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fiercely told story," notes Schickel. "Smith and his actors catch the stunned manner of a culture that thinks postmodernism is a synonym for postemotionalism. They?re always trying to be coolly affectless about hotly affecting issues, hoping blunt, acceptant talk about sexual congress will disarm the subtle pains it always implies." BOOKS . . . BEAR AND HIS DAUGHTER: Robert Stone?s fans have had to content themselves, so far, with the five novels that he has published sporadically over the past 30 or so years. A sixth is scheduled to arrive in bookstores this fall, but the wait should be soothed...
...Women who have had TUBAL STERILIZATION, now hear this. If you wind up conceiving (which is rare), you face a 30% risk of an ectopic pregnancy--in which the egg implants outside the womb. One-sided pelvic pain and unusual vaginal bleeding are symptoms. Don't ignore them...
...Less pain for Mom, more problems for baby. Newborns of mothers who had EPIDURALS for labor pains are more likely to undergo blood tests and be given prophylactic antibiotics. Why? Epidurals can raise a mother's temperature. Since fever in Mom can be a sign of infection in the baby, doctors must do a workup...
...however, helped by an e-mail from a friend who had lived in Currier for two years. On the day the results of the housing lottery were announced, she sent me an e-mail containing 20 reasons to feel better about Currier. While it did not erase my pain at the thought of many long walks in the cold, it certainly gave me a few good reasons to celebrate...
That's just the problem, insists Amsterdam psychiatrist Frank Koerselman, one of the few in Holland to buck the consensus. "Patients are scared by pain and the loss of their dignity, so they immediately start talking about active euthanasia," he said. "They are badly informed about alternatives." In particular, says oncologist Zbigniew Zylicz, who runs a hospice for dying cancer victims outside Arnhem, "the knowledge and practice are very low for palliative care," the art of easing pain in the final stage of a terminal illness. Zylicz estimates that a quarter of the 400 or so dying patients...