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...When to inhale? Ending a five-year debate on how to treat MILD ASTHMA, researchers have concluded that daily use of inhalers to relax bronchial muscles, while safe, is unnecessary. The condition can be kept in check by using inhalers as needed--during an attack or in anticipation of one, for example...
...Part of the strategy here was to try to preserve as many jobs as we can and treat people fairly as an alternative to hiring outside people," he said...
This marks a striking change in attitude. The idea of using drugs to treat excess weight was anathema 20 years ago, when M.I.T. neurologist Dr. Richard Wurtman first learned about the compound fenfluramine. At the time, the term diet pill was synonymous with amphetamines, and conjured up an image of sleazy feel-good doctors getting patients hooked on speed. Pharmaceutical companies wanted nothing to do with the weight-loss business...
...something of a gadget freak, was equipped for any contingency. Stashed in his black bag--actually a blue-and-gray fishing-tackle box--was a miniaturized version of every diagnostic tool he needed to assess her symptoms, as well as a full supply of standard emergency-care drugs to treat them. "You've got to stop thinking about bricks and mortar," Bayne says. "Today I am the emergency room...
...disconcerting to read in your pages about the witch-hunt for chocolate [HEALTH, Sept. 2]. The enemies of chocolate, by attempting to associate it with a marijuana high through their tenuous research, have devised a reason to make this delightful treat illegal. These are people who want to eliminate all the small pleasures of life. But many of us are prepared to fight back for our chocolate. Underground chocolate factories may soon appear if legislation restricting chocolate ensues. JOEL NEUMAN Toronto...