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...Genelle may be ignoring not just her scars but the wounds beneath. She spent a month in Bellevue Hospital Center after Sept. 11, and during her stay, doctors discovered signs of cervical cancer and a heart condition. What would have overwhelmed an ordinary patient barely fazed her. "I let the Lord lead me," she says. "He's my doctor. I saw the cardio doctor recently, and he was like, 'Oh, you have to take your medication [atenolol, to lower blood pressure]. You really must promise me you'll take it.' I was smiling. He said, 'You think of this...
...Zinner:These cases are all under investigation, so we don't really know yet exactly what's happened. But with most self-limiting viruses, like this one, the virus clears itself out of the bloodstream when the patient recovers. So it's possible the donor was incubating the virus but wasn't manifesting symptoms, and the organ recipients ended up with symptoms because their immune systems were compromised. But I want to emphasize that we won't know anything for sure until we see more information...
Through the years, I have treated many patients who have attempted suicide. I do it with the sincere hope that they will get better. Our 22-year-old patient is awake now and even talking a bit. I'm optimistic about her physical recovery but disquieted about her chances overall. The experts will tell you that having tried to kill herself once, she is at greater risk of trying again. What no one knows is whether we will be able to pick up the pieces one more time...
...global measures of the Rio summit seemed like the answer to what ails the world. In 2002 that illness is--in many respects--worse. But if Rio's goal was to stamp out the disease of environmental degradation, Johannesburg's appears to be subtler--and perhaps better: treating the patient a bit at a time, until the planet as a whole at last gets well...
...annual convention, part of the decision to have children--he and his wife have two, Kevin, 14, and A.J., 13--was predicated on his willingness to stay home. His wife Linda, a COO at a computer company, concedes she couldn't do his job. "He's much more patient than I am. He's much better at the day-to-day. And I think I'm a better parent for doing it part time...