Word: patients
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reporters beforehand, and during the speech. Clark was somewhat patient, somewhat ironical: now fingering a Marlboro, now complaining of the television light. An old warrior returned...
...question is how long Lebanon's new overlord, Syria, will remain patient. Syrian President Hafez Assad has shown little interest in direct intervention in Lebanese politics. But Karami seemed to suggest that the Syrians might start exerting more pressure to break the deadlock...
...doctors. For one of the most common cosmetic procedures in the world is usually requested by men: hair transplants. In recent years, medical efforts to reforest bare scalps have become increasingly sophisticated. A combination of new surgical procedures can now mask baldness so faithfully that "only the patient and his doctor will know for sure," according to Dermatologist Theodore Tromovitch of San Francisco. At the same time, research on a new drug treatment suggests the hair-raising possibility that baldness can be prevented in the first place, even for those fated by heredity to lose their hair...
...with stitches. The 60-min. procedure may be repeated to reduce further the size of the bald spot, which is eventually filled in with transplanted plugs. The approximate cost of surgery each time: $1,200. However, says San Francisco Dermatologist Alan Gaynor, in one out of four cases the patient's scalp is too tight to be stretched...
...perfect physician is one who knows all the science and technology relevant to medicine, who knows how to apply it skillfully for the benefit of one's patients, and, at the same time, is a wise compassionate counselor who earns his or her patient's trust and provides comfort in times of illness and need. Perfection may be impossible to achieve but to try always to reach it is the epitomy of the good physician...