Word: treatments
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...barrier remains: acupuncture springs from a system of faith that scientists find almost incomprehensible. The treatment rests on the Taoist belief that two life forces, yin and yang, combine to produce a vital life energy, called ch'i (or qi), that flows through the body along pathways known as meridians, which were charted thousands of years ago. People get sick when these life forces are knocked out of balance, and the job of the acupuncturists is to nudge ch'i back into equilibrium. They do this by pushing needles through the skin, sometimes several inches into the body, at specific...
...rest on the quality of these experiments. If it's cheaper and less painful than going to the hospital, and if it gets results, Americans will use it. A Boston University researcher told the panel that the saving from just faster stroke rehabilitation and effective carpal-tunnel-syndrome treatment could cut the nation's annual medical bill by $11 billion. Such a saving is sure to catch the eye of HMOs and private health insurers. As Daniel Cherkin, a senior scientific investigator for a large HMO in Seattle, puts it, "Why something works is not of interest to those individuals...
...Keith Richards has a low-key Rastafarian drum-and-chant album out called Wingless Angels). Marley's career (he died in 1981) was rightly celebrated several years ago by the spectacular four-CD boxed set Songs of Freedom (Island). Now Tosh, who was murdered in 1987, gets the box treatment in the just released three-CD set Honorary Citizen (Legacy). With respect properly paid to the past, it's a good time to ask, Who are the new reggae lions...
...times, the film presents too much of its excellent source material at once and becomes tedious. Nonetheless, Blood Money is a solid, thorough treatment of a very timely topic...
...represented at the grillings, still has until December 2 to decide whether to summon that independent counsel. "These sessions were more or less expected," Tumulty says. "This may not sway her at all. But this is certainly a reminder that the clock is ticking." Which could explain the silent treatment...