Word: physician
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...recommended, I was given a prescription for Redux. The side effects were almost unbearable. I could not walk straight because of dizziness, I could not concentrate at work and I was lethargic to the point of being almost immobile. After 10 days of taking the drug, I stopped. My physician has now prescribed another diet drug you mentioned, fen/phen, and I have experienced no side effects. I strongly suggest that anyone for whom Redux has been prescribed start by ordering only a small supply, and stop taking it if any side effects appear. ARTHUR F. POLLYEA Los Angeles...
...PAUL J. DUGAN, 66; ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA; physician...
...hard to figure out, however, who the source of his troubles is. The minute Gene Hackman appears as world-class physician Lawrence Myrick, oozing menacing bonhomie, a quality this splendid actor has virtually patented, we have our suspicions. It's the extent and passion of the conspiracy he has mounted to protect his research that is surprising and scary. That air of earnest befuddlement Grant has deployed to such good comic effect in the past serves him--and us--very well in this very different context. He's willowy and vulnerable in a way we no longer expect to find...
CareGroup, which is also the parent company of New England Baptist Hospital, will have a single administration and board of directors. Decision-making authority will be shared among the various hospitals, physicians and physician groups...
...skilling of the personnel on the floor is really alarming," warns Dr. David S. Rubsamen, a California physician and lawyer whose Professional Liability Newsletter instructs doctors on how to avoid and defend malpractice suits. "Nursing involves all kinds of subtle perceptions. If you say, 'I'm coughing. I feel anxious' to a registered nurse, that means pulmonary embolism. Try that on a para-something-or-other who's been trained for six months." Nevertheless, patient-focused care is becoming the staffing pattern of choice throughout the country. Facing reduced reimbursements from Medicare, Medicaid and managed-care plans, hospitals must...