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...master, leaving Lewis without his two most senior masters next fall.“I understand [the Grahams’] decision to step down...but I will miss them very much,” Lewis wrote in an e-mail. “They have been infinitely kind, patient and understanding—both with students and with deans...
...Debra Gray King of the Atlanta Center for Cosmetic Dentistry calls her practice "the Ritz-Carlton of dentistry" and in fact sends her "dental concierges" to the Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center for training in client relations. They're taught to squire each patient as he or she navigates the various rooms of the center's luxe 8,400-sq.-ft. Twelve Oaks--esque mansion...
Once in the dentist's chair, King's patients can use the attached flat-panel monitor to watch TV, play a DVD or surf the Web. Can't see the screen? No worries, there's one wired to the ceiling too. Noise-reduction headphones block the screech of the drill and play a CD of your choice, and the specially constructed dental chair channels the sound waves from the music into a full-body massage. "The more relaxed the patient is," says King, "the easier...
There are, to be sure, some exceptions. A doctor might favor an ACE inhibitor over a diuretic, for example, when treating a diabetic patient with kidney disease, since ACE inhibitors help prevent renal failure. But all other things being equal, diuretics should be the first-line medical treatment--that is, if eating better and exercising more aren't enough to bring down your blood pressure on their...
Treatment of high blood pressure is a huge market for drugmakers, and the new hypertension drugs had been among the most heavily promoted to doctors. If diuretics were more widely used, the U.S. could save billions of dollars in health-care costs. Not every patient will be able to switch, however, and it often takes more than one drug to control blood pressure. In any event, you should never decide on your own to stop taking any hypertension medication. It could lead to a dangerous spike in your blood pressure--and that's the last thing you need...