Word: plateauing
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...that will change this summer when an easy to apply testosterone ointment, AndroGel, becomes generally available for the first time by prescription. The company that developed it, Illinois-based Unimed Pharmaceuticals, promises that because AndroGel is administered once or more a day, it will produce a more even plateau of testosterone, avoiding the ups and downs of the shots. Though the body's own production of this hormone trails off gradually in men after the age of 30 or so, not many men now seek testosterone-replacement therapy (not that they necessarily need to) or even get their T levels...
...however, could be considerable. After their collective huffing and puffing in Vienna this week, it looks like OPEC's 11 member countries will agree to boost production by 1.7 million barrels a day, a less-than-monumental increase designed to stabilize prices at their current level. This new price plateau, says Robert Kaufmann, professor at the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies at Boston University, will probably mean few broad-reaching economic ramifications. "Emphasis on 'probably,'" says Kaufmann. "We've seen these prices before, although not for so sustained a period. But in and of themselves, they won't create...
Having dropped its demand that Israel publicly commit to a Golan withdrawal beforethe commencement of any talks, Syria insisted that this be the first item of business. But with one eye on a domestic political base skeptical about retreating from the strategic plateau, Prime Minister Ehud Barak was more interested in making security arrangements the top priority. The U.S.-brokered compromise involved the creation of four commissions that would meet simultaneously to discuss borders, security arrangements, water supplies and normalization of relations. While the commissions on security and normalization have started their work, those looking at borders and water haven...