Word: treatments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...drug has one drawback. Since reinfection can always occur, most victims of onchocerciasis will have to take ivermectin for life. That is a small price to pay. Notes Hugh Taylor, a researcher at Johns Hopkins who has tested the drug in Senegal: "After treatment, people come up to me and say, 'Look how beautiful my skin is -- and no itching...
...dramatic: rushed to the hospital with kidney failure the day before Ronald Reagan's second Inaugural celebration in January 1985; hospitalized for alcohol detoxification the following June, just after he resigned as White House deputy chief of staff to become a high-priced lobbyist; sent to an alcohol treatment center in Maryland for a one-month stint in October 1986, after which he became active in Alcoholics Anonymous...
...attention on breast cancer. The affliction is the No. 3 killer of American women, after heart disease and lung cancer. The First Lady's case underscored the importance of early detection: her tumor was discovered during an annual mammogram, which is recommended for older women. But her choice of treatment caused some consternation and puzzlement in the medical community...
...tumor is removed along with a minimum of surrounding tissue. The First Lady also chose to have the surgery immediately after her breast was biopsied. According to prevailing medical wisdom, it is better to wait a few days so that the biopsied tissue can be thoroughly examined and several treatment options considered...
...opinion that she probably was overtreated," says Dr. I. Craig Henderson, director of the Breast Evaluation Center at Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Henderson notes that several studies have shown that lumpectomy, followed by radiation treatment, is every bit as effective as mastectomy for even average-size breast tumors. In both procedures, women with early-stage cancers have a more than 90% chance of surviving at least five years after surgery. Modified radical mastectomy, however, remains the choice of most surgeons for women with large tumors...