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...resolve the Iran problem before it gets that far. Washington is doing everything it can to make Iran think twice about its ongoing game of stonewall. It is a measure of the Administration's unity on Iran that confrontationalists like Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld have lately not wandered off the rhetorical reservation. Everyone has been careful--for now--to stick to Rice's diplomatic emphasis. "Nobody is considering a military option at this point," says an Administration official. "We're trying to prevent a situation in which the President finds himself having to decide between...
...upper-arm pain. Cuff patients start avoiding movements that make them exert force at a distance from their bodies; fanning a blanket out over a bed, putting a child in a car seat, opening a window. There are, of course, some devoted athletes, who first complain, as Mr. Rumsfeld did, that the pain and weakness is affecting their squash or tennis game...
...have what Donald Rumsfeld has? A lot of folks do. Tearing and what's called "maceration" of the rotator cuff are the most common causes of chronic shoulder pain in adult Americans. I find them and other shoulder problems fascinating; this strangely tendon-wrapped joint has kept my professional interest level amazingly high for the 22 years that I've been doing orthopedics. So when, in the middle of doing an arthroscopic rotator cuff repair this morning, my trusty assistant Dave told me about Don Rumsfeld's repair, I knew I had to get the plain truth...
...many sufferers including Rumsfeld (and, lest there be jealousy on the other side of the aisle, John Kerry had his cuff done during the last presidential election) the cuff gets into trouble primarily because it doesn't have enough room; it gets rubbed on, abraded, sanded down, weakened and eventually torn by the undersurface of the bone ( the acromion) that you feel when you put your hand on top of your shoulder. This mechanism, called "impingement," is the initial culprit in most cases. It's probably not "the old high school football injury" coming back to plague you in your...
...final caveat if your shoulder hurts and you're thinking about an arthroscopic repair is that the ultimate strength of the repair is not achieved until at least 6 months after the surgery - and many studies suggest 18 months is a more correct figure. So, Mr. Rumsfeld (and our other sore-shouldered Americans), please bear in mind: this too costs a lot and takes longer than you might think...