Word: treatments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...careful, balanced views on race are a soothing respite from the usual partisan cacophony, which makes his cursory treatment of the most divisive issue--affirmative action--a little disappointing. Still he comments insightfully on almost every other race-loaded topic of the day, from the Asian campaign-finance scandal to Tiger Woods. "I wish for a society that treats race as an option, the way white people today are able to enjoy ethnicity as an option," he writes. "As something cost-free, neutral, fluid...
Perhaps most disappointing is the novel's blase treatment of important questions concerning race. Certain characters rally around stereotypical Afrocentric causes. Others, serving as archetypal liberals, are more open to the concept of inter-ethnic dating on the modern college campus. But essentially, Thomas-Graham does little more than state the fact that life as a black woman at Harvard is difficult, a point with which most of us certainly wouldn't disagree. Nowhere does she attempt to describe the significance of racial obstacles. Nowhere does she explain what methods, if any, Nikki uses to overcome imposed hardships. Thomas-Graham...
...unlikely. That case opens October 5. Louise is not compelled to attend, nor will any financial penalty be enforceable in England. And unlike O.J., she won't have any millions to lose: The only interview Louise is doing is a freebie for the BBC. Chances are the first-class treatment ends here...
...last week approved a combination of potent antiviral drugs for chronic hepatitis C, the deadly liver disease that afflicts 4 million Americans. The therapy is six months of interferon injections plus oral doses of the drug ribavirin.There are serious side effects, such as birth defects, but the treatment reduces the hepatitis virus to undetectable levels in 45% of patients, vs. only 5% of those on standard therapy...
Appropriate treatment is the big question. Estrogen replacement to stem the loss can increase the risk of breast cancer and, unless progestin is added in, endometrial cancer. A new medication, raloxifene, appears to stabilize bone loss while reducing the risk of breast cancer. Unlike traditional hormone-replacement therapy, however, raloxifene doesn't ease other menopausal symptoms, like hot flashes...