Word: treating
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...disaster, the Japanese government stepped up its relief efforts for quake victims by declaring the city a disaster area. This means the government will now shoulder 90 percent of the estimated $58 billion cost of rebuilding the city. In addition, the government eased restrictions on foreign doctors seeking to treat victims of the quake, and reduced the income tax burden on residents who suffered the heaviest losses. But the measures did little to curb the clamor of the opposition New Frontier Party -- some of whose members are calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama...
There were negative reverberations from Washington, where politicians were speaking out, criticizing the Kremlin. The new chairman of the Senate's foreign appropriations subcommittee, Senator Mitch McConnell, said Clinton should tell Moscow that the U.S. will not "continue to give tax dollars to them if they're going to treat their citizens this...
...helping a person feel full and satisfied. And, it turns out, a growing body of research suggests that fatty foods can increase the amount of serotonin in the brain. So it appears that some people who are obese do not make enough serotonin and are in effect trying to treat their depression, or at least feel more satisfied, by overeating. That is why antidepressant drugs, like Prozac, seem to help people shed pounds. Unfortunately, the results are short-lived: patients lose weight at first, but after a year's treatment they have usually gained all of it back...
...findings, which overturn previous ideas of how the virus attacks the body, could eventually mean a shift in the way doctors treat HIV and AIDS, which the virus causes...
...Educational a Policy Committee, formed three years ago by Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles, has sparked many changes in the way departments treat their students, according to a memo released this month by Knowles...