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...invasive, it flushes out debris in the joint and smooths bone surfaces without major surgery. But a surprising study showed that the operation is no more effective than a placebo. One in three patients reported improvement, whether having had real surgery or a sham operation with all the same pre-and post-op procedures but no actual treatment. Even if the placebo benefit is ignored, the study still casts doubt on surgery that succeeds only one-third of the time. Patients may be better off doing strengthening exercises and taking off a few pounds to ease the burden on their...
...burdened by the new system of testing. It's not clear how much more anonymous testing would cost, but it is clear that it would likely cost more than confidential testing does, because UHS would need to provide staff members to counsel patients before and after their tests. Such pre-and post-test anonymous testing under Massachusetts Department of Public Health guidelines. One possible cost-cutting measure would be to train student as test counselors, which is the system used at the University of Southern California...
Although there were days when even Desmond Tutu was caught sleeping in class, the courses provided students with valuable pre-and post-port medical, travel, historical and cultural information on each country. There were times when the only studying done on ship was on who scored the most points in the volleyball game, but everything we did was balanced (no, there was no shuffleboard...
...even more of a Super Bowl tradition than the half-time spectacles are the pre-and post-game shows. I think that these moments are really what the Super Bowl is all about. These are the part of the marathon broadcast that make sure all the sponsors get a chance to show their advertisements at least 10 times each...
...rural; he raises an eyebrow ever so slightly at the Midwesternizing of the counterculture in his parody of a shopping-guide ad for "St. Paul's Episcopal Drop-In Hair Center (in the rectory basement)" where the Rev. Ray and the Rev. Don, trained barbers, "offer warm, supportive pre-and post-trim counseling . . . and if you just want to come in and talk about haircuts, well, that's cool too." Another ad, inserted by a people's used-furniture collective, condemns alienating queen-size beds, recommending instead "our Warm Valley Bed . .. narrow and soft and shaped like...