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Despite advances of learning in our computer age, we read daily horoscopes with credulity, and we persist in our study of the still-beguiling works of ancient Merlins. On the Internet, mysterious quatrains of the 16th century French physician and prognosticator Michel Nostradamus purport to contain foreknowledge of plagues and fires and even of 21st century politics. Visions of apocalypse in the Bible's Book of Revelation are persuasive enough to inspire generations of doomsayers and to drive some believers to suicide...
...depressed. Men may be embarrassed, or they--and their doctors--may erroneously think that depression is an unavoidable part of growing old. The symptoms are often described as insomnia, fatigue or loss of appetite. As many as 70% of older people who commit suicide have visited their primary-care physician within the previous four weeks. Older people are less likely than younger adults to seek or respond to offers of help. They make few suicidal gestures, but a greater number succeed in carrying out their suicides. Despite what many people believe, young people between the ages...
...another. "Consumers are being asked to conserve on power, but suppliers are unwilling to give up a shred of their profits," complains Susan Weisberg, a San Francisco editor whose home office went dark for more than an hour last Thursday. In Sacramento, Republican state representative Keith Richman, a practicing physician, accuses Davis of Hamlet-like indecisiveness as the crisis worsened. "If I had stood by and watched one of my patients decline without taking action," Richman says, "I would be sued for malpractice and have had my license revoked. And I would have deserved...
...physician, I did not think your article about OxyContin, our company's drug that is prescribed as a pain killer, adequately distinguished between the dangers of abusing pain medications and the benefits of them when taken under appropriate supervision [DRUGS, Jan. 8]. Because of OxyContin's time-release formulation, patients with pain who take the drug do not experience the heroin-like euphoria you mentioned. Wrong perceptions about addiction--and mislabeling legitimate patients as abusers--can result in the unnecessary withholding of opioid medications from patients in need. You stated that Purdue Pharma is facing pressure from prosecutors to minimize...
...site health care, which provides them with a better understanding of the limitations illness can bring to the workplace. American Home Products, a global pharmaceutical and health-care manufacturer, has an on-site health-care service that provides blood screenings, allergy shots and diabetic care. "An on-site physician can consult with the employee's personal health-care provider and find good accommodations without the person's having to share the reasons with his or her supervisor," says AHP's director of employee relations, Nancy Konta. "The physician has the trust of our management...