Word: physicians
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...followed suit. Equally menacing to stability, an Abkhazian victory would demolish Shevardnadze's credibility as the only leader capable of holding the country together. That danger prompted him to issue a televised call to arms, appealing "to all men with guns to go to defend Sukhumi." Together with his physician, cook and the rest of his personal staff, Shevardnadze headed for the embattled city, pledging to remain with the defenders "until the last drop of my blood...
...been failing for some time. With the end near, the President's 82-year-old father-in-law was admitted to St. Vincent's hospital in Little Rock, where he remained until he died three weeks later. "There was really nothing to do for him," says an Arkansas physician familiar with the case. "He would normally have been discharged after a week because that's all the treatment Medicare would cover for someone in his condition, but he stayed on because of who he was. The hospital ate the bill, about...
Trentham, a physician in Beth Israel Hospital's rheumatology department, said the solution reduces inflammation through a process called "oral toleration...
...felt a little deflated," confessed Alan Berkman, physician to both the Weather Underground and the Black Liberation Army and the first doctor charged with "providing assistance and comfort" to fugitives since Samuel Mudd treated John Wilkes Booth in 1865. After two years on the run, Berkman was captured in 1985 and spent seven years in prison. He now works for the Osborne Association, helping released prisoners cope with life. "Kathy Power had become something of a mythic figure. Always out there, always free. The one the police couldn't catch...
What remains unclear is the plan's chances forpassing the difficult hurdle of Congress. Dr.David Blumenthal '70, chief of health policyresearch and development at the MassachusettsGeneral Hospital, says the commitment to universalhealth care, cost containment, and the opportunityfor physician choice are essential for the plan'spassage in Congress...