Word: treatment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this duplicitous approach reveals the false-hood of his contrition. And if the nation needs more evidence of how he truly feels, it need only look at his angry treatment of his Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala during last week's cabinet meeting, at which he was supposed to apologize for lying to his advisers for the better part of a year. When Shalala questioned the president's separation of political and moral authority, he reacted to her criticism by turning the assault back on her, further proving that he believes his actions are beyond reproach...
...hire a doctor who will say that you are "disabled," that may now be a sufficient basis on which to receive special treatment. Licensing boards like the bar and state medical associations are understandably concerned by the court's ruling. They fear that their ability to uphold professional standards through fair testing may be compromised. After all, learning disabilities are more difficult to pin down than physical disabilities. It is not always easy to determine whether an applicant learns differently yet is perfectly competent, or whether he or she simply...
...high risk of developing it. The panel did not endorse the idea, however, that tamoxifen actually "prevents" breast cancer, saying only that it might help reduce the risk over the short term. In the second, more straightforward decision, the panel urged approval of herceptin, a gene-based treatment for some forms of advanced breast cancer...
...panel recommend expanded approval? Its report talked about giving women more options. But let's face it: tamoxifen is already available for cancer treatment, so a lot of women are taking it "off-label" for prevention. FDA approval of a practice that is growing should make it easier for doctors to determine if their patients are sufficiently at risk to consider the drug...
...FARE TREATMENT FOR FLYERS...