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...some cases the elimination of disease, doctors' understanding of pain is just beginning to emerge from the dark ages. "Pain is the weak link in modern medicine," says Dr. Josef Wang, director of the pain center at the Mayo Clinic. To begin with, medical students receive only the scantest introduction to the subject. A 1983 survey by Bonica of 17 standard textbooks on surgery, medicine and cancer found that only 54 pages out of a total of 22,000 provided information about pain; half of the books did not discuss it at all. Part of the problem is that...
...Harvard men's swimming team extended its current winning streak to 12 this weekend, but only by the scantest of margins. For reasons of economy sending only nine swimmers and a diver to face the Penn Quakers, the aquamen saw the meet go down to the final relay before pulling...