Word: side-effects
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...innocent people killed reminded us of both the scale of the tragedy and the human suffering behind that figure. They should also have been a reminder to us not to ignore the suffering elsewhere caused when innocents are killed or maimed, whether intentionally targeted or as a foreseeable side-effect of the use of force...
Grinspoon spoke in defense of marijuana’s soothing properties when used on a medical prescription. He said protease inhibitors, drugs that help combat AIDS, cause extreme nausea—and taking marijuana eliminates this side-effect and allows people afflicted with the disease to eat without discomfort...
...believe that the primary purpose of grades is to reward students for the quality of their work, not to directly compare them to one another (although that is an inevitable side-effect). Many disagree, and argue that grade inflation is a problem only because grades are so compressed—because the current range of grades makes it difficult for professors to adequately differentiate between students. They have proposed adding new grades to Harvard’s system to combat grade compression. Though we disagree with this premise, it is worthwhile to explain why many...
Some wonder if Harvard’s current housing shortage is a source of motivation behind this recent push to improve study abroad at Harvard. But most administrators say that, although a potentially convenient side-effect, it was not a reason for this decision...
Merck and Pharmacia were convinced that their medications had a better side-effect profile and submitted additional data to an FDA advisory panel last February. But the extra information raised new red flags for Dr. Steven Nissen, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic who was consulted by the FDA. Nissen noticed what seemed like a high number of heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems in the companies' data. Together with Dr. Eric Topol and Dr. Debabrata Mukherjee, Nissen decided to look into the matter further...