Word: reliefs
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...United Nations founded UNICEF in 1946 as a part of relief efforts for post-World War II Europe. Since then, the international agency's work has shifted from emergency assistance to sustainable development, although it still provides aid to areas affected by war or natural disaster...
...points for now as so much Swiss cheese, the issues they raise lie at the heart of the tug-of-war. Iraq says it has largely complied with disarmament demands; the U.S. insists that Saddam is hiding stockpiles of germ weapons and the equipment to produce them. Saddam wants relief from the crippling sanctions; the U.S. says he hasn't earned it. Saddam says his word is good; the U.S. doesn't trust...
...more intriguing studies, conducted in Australia, found merit in Chinese herbal treatments for irritable-bowel syndrome, a gastrointestinal disorder that strikes 10% to 20% of the population in many industrialized countries and for which conventional medicine often offers only symptomatic relief. The study also showed the lengths to which researchers must go to make sure that the benefits ascribed to herbal remedies are not due to a biased analysis of data, or to patients' expectations--the so-called placebo effect...
...keeping time with the heartbeats.) The 30 to 45 wounds on the outside of the heart close up almost instantly, with help from pressure by the surgeon's finger. But the channels created inside the muscle remain open--at least for a little while. Patients have reported feeling immediate relief from chest pain, probably because blood seeps up the laser channels and nourishes the oxygen-starved heart muscle...
Laser therapy costs half as much as a bypass operation, which can run $40,000 or more. Gene therapy has no fixed price yet, although it is expected to cost significantly less than bypass surgery. There's no argument that laser therapy provides short-term relief for severe angina. Some studies suggest longer-term benefits. One found that almost three years after tmr, patients who had the worst form of angina (class IV, the kind that wakes you up at night) could maintain on average class I or II (pain with exertion only...