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...real test begins. A doctor's decision to offer the drug rests on a complex calculation. Many may read the FDA language about the pill's being limited to "physicians who can accurately determine the duration of a patient's pregnancy" to mean that they should do this with ultrasound--and most do not have ultrasound equipment in their office. Likewise, special training and extra malpractice insurance might dampen enthusiasm for offering the drug. Doctors will have the extra burden of locating those women who do not return for the final visit to make sure their pregnancy has been terminated...
Under normal circumstances, Amy would have had to undergo a surgical abortion. But she found a clinic that offered the abortion pill mifepristone on an experimental basis. She thought taking the drug would give her a sense of control. And the regimen seemed simple: first an ultrasound test to make sure she was still in the early weeks of pregnancy, then a dose of mifepristone, which arrests the pregnancy, followed by another drug two days later to expel the mass of embryonic tissue. She was surprised at the pain, however. "It was more than a period," she recalls...
...those three visits medically justified? The first visit certainly is, since it's vital to ensure that a woman is within the 49-day limit and is not suffering from a tubal pregnancy--things that can be determined with the help of ultrasound. And a final visit to the doctor is needed for a second ultrasound to determine if the abortion is complete or if a surgical procedure is needed after all. New studies indicate, however, that there is no need to take the second drug at the doctor's office. As long as a woman has access to medical...
...injury and plans to compete three times before the Games. What returned this 32-year-old so quickly to fine fettle? A regimen of deep-tissue massage and other therapy that is much different from what weekend warriors might do to cure a muscle: "For a week I had ultrasound two or three times a day, then I'm sitting on a table with someone digging into a muscle that's already sore as hell, breaking up fluid that's in there from the trauma. Not much...
...injury and plans to compete three times before the Games. What returned this 32-year-old so quickly to fine fettle? A regimen of deep-tissue massage and other therapy that is much different from what weekend warriors might do to cure a muscle: "For a week I had ultrasound two or three times a day, then I'm sitting on a table with someone digging into a muscle that's already sore as hell, breaking up fluid that's in there from the trauma. Not much...