Word: treatments
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Estrogen came into favor many years ago because it helped prevent osteoporosis and appeared to guard against heart disease. But it was discovered that estrogen increased the risk of uterine cancer. To lower the odds of contracting uterine cancer, many doctors added progestin to the treatment, and it was hoped that the drug would also help reduce any risk of breast cancer associated with estrogen alone. The drawback to progestin seemed to be that it reduces some of the benefits of estrogen, in particular the apparent protection against heart disease. Now the possibility of a breast- cancer risk has further...
...disease, such as diarrhea, thrush (a fungal infection of the mouth), or a chronic rash. Until now, AZT was thought to be effective only in patients with more advanced cases of AIDS. Currently, the drug is the only medication licensed by the Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for the disease...
...SmithKline Beckman, developer of the anti-ulcer drug Tagamet, last week approved a merger with London's Beecham Group, which has built strong European markets. One week earlier Dow Chemical agreed to merge its Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals subsidiary with Marion Laboratories, whose chief prescription drug is Cardizem, an angina treatment. In the afterglow of the Time-Warner marriage and other such deals, companies in many industries may gain greater confidence to embark on friendly combinations...
...doctors did. They were determined to head off a well-known postcrash problem: unscrupulous lawyers soliciting clients on the scene in violation of ethics codes. Representatives of the state bar set up an office at the health center where many of the survivors had been taken for treatment. Bar officials also placed an ad in the Sioux City Journal asking people to call if they knew of any unethical contacts by attorneys. None were reported...
Only in terms of the voting booth and the lunch-counter stool is there much truth to support this common white view. As A Common Destiny makes clear, "a considerable amount of remaining black-white inequality is due to continuing discriminatory treatment of blacks. The clearest evidence is in housing...