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...percent of United States counties, there is no physician willing to provide abortion services, according to the ACLU. Small wonder, since between 1977 and 1994, more than 2,500 bombings, arsons, blockades and episodes of vandalism took place at abortion clinics. The intimidation and the violence against clinics and their physicians is all the more reason to call those who continue their job despite daily threats modern day heroes...

Author: By Meredith B. Osborn, | Title: Standing Up for Roe V. Wade | 3/10/1999 | See Source »

...reached the frontiers of research through her work on the relay of chemical messages within cells. She says she aims to become a physician and a scientist...

Author: By Kaitlyn MIA Choi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students, Grad Receive Soros Prize | 3/10/1999 | See Source »

...Today promises FREE VIAGRA (with $75 "physician consultation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Top 50 News Stories (Of Last Wednesday) | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

...define "sex" narrowly as "sexual intercourse," but health professionals have long known that Humpty Dumpty spoke for us all when he claimed, "When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean--neither more nor less." A nurse practitioner I know told me of a physician who asked a woman during an office visit whether she was sexually active, and she said she was not. So he was surprised when her pregnancy test came back positive. She explained, "Well, we only do it once a week. That's not very active...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Freedom to Talk Dirty | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

George Doeschner had been suffering from Parkinson's disease for 12 years when his physician told him about an experimental surgery that might offer a cure. Researchers at the University of Colorado were taking cells from embryos and putting them in the brains of Parkinson's patients to replace cells killed by the disease. The 55-year-old electrician applied to be a part of the experiment and flew to Denver. He was prepped for surgery and sedated. A hole was drilled through his skull. Then his surgeons sewed him up and sent him home--without giving him those embryonic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Real Knife, Fake Surgery | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

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