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...Sidney Wolfe, an outspoken consumer advocate in Washington, says that 70% to 90% of newly approved drugs are not important therapeutic advances. One example: substances called lower osmolarity contrast mediums, introduced in 1986. Used in taking diagnostic pictures of internal organs, they are believed to be only marginally safer than existing agents but are sold at up to 12 times the price...
...view, the region has already been made safer. "No one should underestimate the deterrent power of this war," says John Roper, military analyst at the Western European Union. "This victory is likely to make any other dictator think twice before he upsets the balance...
...anticancer agents. In addition, by preying on sick and injured fish, sharks "help keep the ocean healthy," says Manire. Some biologists believe the rise in stingrays off the Florida panhandle may be a by-product of the shark's decline. Thus an ocean without sharks might be a safer place for humans, but it might not be a very nice place to swim...
...which have caused children to vomit. Families are haunted by the fact that a toddler suffocated to death in her mask. Talma Rosen, a Tel Aviv mother, faces a torrent of questions from her sons Jonathan, 6, and Daniel, 10, who ask about weapons systems and moving to a safer place. "I have told them that the chances statistically of us getting hurt are very small," she says. "As for military questions, I refer them to their father...
...some cases we see it," says one, "and the road to Basra is busy. Palestinians who have helped the Iraqis are fleeing Kuwait, and Kuwaitis who fled to Basra are coming back because the U.S. bombing of southern Iraq and northern Kuwait has become so heavy that it's safer to be back here...