Word: treatment
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...Says a Western diplomat in Peking: "We all know the Chinese are not interested in facilitating trade. They are interested in facilitating exports." Trade experts think that several years of delicate negotiations lie ahead before GATT members admit China to the club. The Chinese, for instance, may request special treatment as a developing nation. Nevertheless, the fact that China has asked to sit down at the bargaining table with its trading partners is a promising omen...
...surprise, the investigation determined that Gonzalez's release had been "premature," and the hospital's city contracts were put under review. In fact, doctors had considered further hospitalization but could find no space for Gonzalez at the facility. In any case, the hospital said, he had responded well to treatment and had been issued antipsychotic drugs to take with him upon release. Moreover, Gonzalez had agreed to report as an outpatient to another hospital. He never did. The next time he attracted official notice was on the ferry...
...product that money can't buy, Upjohn's minoxidil lotion is getting a ! lot of attention. Doonesbury has taken acid note of it, as has the Cathy comic strip, while ABC's Nightline has given it more serious treatment. To millions of men, it may, in fact, be a more promising potion than the elixir of love. Reason: minoxidil, which is otherwise used to treat high blood pressure, apparently can regrow hair on balding heads. When a Washington hospital announced three years ago that it was seeking gleaming pates on which to test the hair restorer, 10,000 eager volunteers...
With benefit so slight, the FDA needs to be convinced that the risks are minimal. But the federal agency appears to be almost alone in moving cautiously. Upjohn has already spent nearly $26 million retooling its plant in Kalamazoo. Regaine will not come cheap; a year's treatment with the prescription-only lotion may run around $1,000. But no one doubts there will be plenty of takers. Some resourceful men are creating a moonshine tonic on their own. The key ingredient: mashed hypertension pills, containing--what else?--minoxidil...
...proved ineffective, if not actually harmful. Eager for any hopeful note, some reporters at the conference seized upon and overplayed a report by Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health. Fauci revealed that one of his AIDS patients had regained his health and returned to work after treatment that included a bone-marrow transplant from his identical twin. Whether the patient has been permanently cured remains in doubt, and two other victims who received the same therapy have not improved. Fauci himself pointedly refrained from characterizing the procedure as a success, saying, "This is not a breakthrough, (just...