Word: treatments
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...Early in the 1992 presidential campaign, he says that "it was simply a fluke that I wasn't called" to serve in the Vietnam War. "I was just lucky, I guess," he shrugs. Clinton also says he "never received any unusual or favorable treatment" that helped him avoid the draft...
...defenders. The First Church of Christ, Scientist, the largest U.S. religious body favoring spiritual healing over medical attention, has long argued for them. Christian Science spokesman Gary Jones describes as "terrible" the prospect that public rage at the Oregon deaths might "stop the inquiry into more effective means of treatment" by spiritual means. Champions of repeal, of course, feel otherwise. A report in the April issue of the professional journal Pediatrics documented 140 child deaths "from religion-motivated medical neglect" between 1975 and 1995, attributed to 23 religious denominations in 34 states. Its co-author, Texas critical-care pediatrician Seth...
...mortal difference. Like many fellow Pentecostals, the Followers believe the Bible prescribes prayer and the laying on of hands to cure physical ills. Unlike most, however, Followers reportedly refuse medical treatment--for themselves or for their children. Emergency workers recall face-offs with church members who tried to persuade them not to take injured fellow worshippers to the hospital; the Oregonian found a state legislator's complaint about Followers children arriving at school with home-set bone breaks. After Lewman took the medical examiner's job in 1986, he encountered far worse and began recording what he calls "painful, torturous...
...tell if another person is infected by how "clean" or "nice" he or she is. Nor are condoms, which generally provide pretty good protection, entirely foolproof. So don't be afraid to let your teenagers get tested for chlamydia. You may not like the results, but at least a treatment is available...
...even as we build a bridge to the 21st century,[11] it's hard to imagine a black, Hispanic or Asian journalist getting into the same kind of trouble and being able to call on that kind of support without being accused of pleading for special treatment because of race. If Barnicle were black and, say, Jesse Jackson had spoken up for him, it would have unleashed a torrent of complaints that affirmative action has led to the hiring of less-qualified minorities and a diminution in journalistic standards. That's what Howell Raines, editor of the New York Times...