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CARPAL CONUNDRUM For long-term relief from the painful wrist condition called carpal-tunnel syndrome, do you go for surgery or stick to the support of less-invasive wrist splints? Go for the knife, suggests a study of 176 patients, half of whom underwent surgery and half of whom wore splints. After three months, 80% of the surgery group showed improvement, in contrast to 54% of those who wore splints. After 18 months, 90% of the surgery patients had improved--and 41% of the others had opted for the operation...
Nevertheless, Fitzpatrick showed plenty of gusto in relief of Harvard’s all-league QB, running a pair of naked bootlegs around left end for crucial first downs to ice the game on the Crimson’s final possession...
...unclear how supporting the IRC, an internationally recognized humanitarian relief organization, can be characterized as anti-Semitism,” said Wasim W. Quadir ’04, president...
...drought is devastating farmers in Nebraska, but it's also making an impact as far away as the Capitol Hill. Majority leader Tom Daschle introduced a proposal last week in the Senate that would authorize some $5 billion in drought relief for farmers. President Bush has previously said that to restrain the federal deficit, he wants any aid to come from the $249 billion farm bill that was enacted last May. That's likely to set off a feisty debate in some congressional districts over whether farmers need extra help or have had plenty of help already...
...evening, tears gave way to hugs and sighs of relief...