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They tested the ability of Remune to boost the immune response of HIV-infected people by reducing the patient's viral load because "it showed some activity in the lab," Cheng said...
...other heavily contested issue on the ballot is Question Five. The proposal would create a new patient's bill of rights to give residents protection from insurance company abuses. It tries to cut the amount insurance companies spend on advertising and lobbying. It would also work towards establishing universal health care coverage, although it does not mandate such a system be established...
Opponents of the proposal argue it will drive up health care costs and put insurers and health care providers out of business. It would also replace a patient's bill of rights enacted by the legislature this summer, which many doctors claim is superior to the wording in the ballot question...
...Elian Gonzalez belongs in family court. The presidential debates were full of misstatements on both sides, although one may dispute whether the mistaken anecdotes of Caley Ellis's desk and Winifred Skinner's aluminum cans are more or less important than a false claim to have supported a Patient's Bill of Rights...
...enduring is this storytelling need that it shapes nearly every human endeavor. Businesses depend on the stories told of past failures and successes, and on the myth of the mission of the company. In medicine, doctors increasingly rely on a patient's narrative of the progress of an ailment, which is inevitably more nuanced and useful than the data of machines. In law, the same thing. Every court case is a competition of tales told by the prosecutor and defense attorney; the jury picks the one it likes best...