Word: visits
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Thernstrom said her visit to the family yielded very little answers; the family's confusion and ignorance of the facts of the incident became another baffling part of situation...
...visit to the U.S. to present his findings to leading cardiac surgeons, Batista was rushed off to Baltimore, Md., to see a 32-year-old woman with congestive heart failure who was not expected to survive the weekend. In a moment of reflection, Batista offered a glimpse of what makes him tick: "The big thing for me is that an institution like Johns Hopkins can't do anything for this woman. And here I am, all the way from Brazil, and I have something that may be able to save her." Sadly, the woman was too sick to save...
...fact, it was not the first case, nor would it be the last, from Amish country. Curious about the nature and cause of Danny's cerebral palsy, Morton decided to visit him at the Lapps' home near Leola, Pa. Danny, who was six at the time, sat strapped to a wheelchair, his legs flailing, while his parents, John and Ida, told Morton about many Amish parents who had endured similar heartbreaks. Five years after Morton's first visit, Danny Lapp died of the disease...
...battery of psychological exams. During counseling it is stressed that the test is elective and the result confidential (a key concern for people who worry about health insurance). Misconceptions are dispelled: a positive result does not mean you are currently afflicted. And the strenuous post-test requirements--a visit every three months the first year and every six months the following two years--are made clear. To date, 183 have been tested; almost twice that number have not kept appointments or have dropped out. "That's their way of telling us they don't really want the test," says Brandt...
...first-year pledge, Fuentes said he had never drunk alcohol before. But that changed on a fraternity trip to visit frat brothers in Vermont...