Word: treatment
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...report suggests that as physicians become more involved in smoking therapy, success rates may rise. In the past, inadequate supervision and counselling have undermined the efficacy of this type of treatment for smokers...
...study, entitled "The Pharmocologic Treatment of Tobacco Dependence: Proceedings of the World Congress," confirms that drug therapy can significantly improve the success of programs geared to helping smokers quit, said the Institute's Executive Director John M. Pinney...
From the archives the commission exhumed the stories of Truman's defense budget, Ike's U-2 crisis, Kennedy's Operation Mongoose (the plot against Castro), Carter's treatment of the Shah and many other shadowy maneuvers from the past...
...verified, and there is little evidence that the contras are sparking a civilian uprising. On the contrary, the liberal human-rights group Americas Watch issued a report last week citing myriad abuses committed by the rebels. Although the 170-page document takes the Sandinistas to task for their harsh treatment of prisoners, it is most critical of the contras for waging "indiscriminate attacks" against civilians, including children...
...schism among the contras is aggravated by a rift between the State Department and the CIA. State, convinced that the contras need civilian leadership to develop political and diplomatic support, forced Calero to accept the UNO power-sharing arrangement. The CIA, however, has indulged Calero's backhanded treatment of the UNO. "The CIA thinks the key to everything is the battlefield," says a State Department official. "In their view, if the contras start winning, the political and diplomatic support will follow." Contra supporters may wince at Calero's authoritarian tactics but they are unlikely to abandon him. Says a State...