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Having the urge to write a novel, especially if you've yet to be published, is like having a medical condition impossible to mention in polite company - it's a relief simply to know there are fellow-sufferers out there.

Having someone check on a patient's progress, assess their health and provide encouragement -- routine practice in treating high blood pressure or diabetes -- speaks to the power of sustained, professional medical care.

Hard as it is to imagine, there's a move afoot in Congress to take away the public's free online access to tax-funded medical research findings. That would be bad for medical discovery, bad for patients looking for the latest research results, and another rip-off of the American taxpayer.

He's actually come in ahead of schedule having passed the appropriate medical test, but it's been a challenge for us not being able to put out the same back-line on consecutive weekends.

Here they can afford it, because when you come to FISH you get a complete medical check.

He's been throwing. He's the same Chad we've all known since 2000. He's making good progress according to all our medical people. Whether or not he plays will be a coaching decision.

His medical doctor, who was treating him for an entire year, said he had months to live. Within two weeks after seeing O'Connell, he was dead.

Historically, the ease of access of records and court approval came in business cases. But that body of law has been transplanted with little thought to personal, medical and financial records.

Hockey is a physical sport and injuries are an everyday part of our game. A key to our success is treating those injuries with the highest possible level of health care and that's what we receive from our team physicians at Detroit Medical Center.

HMOs have had a great year very quietly. They're up about 47 percent on the year. And recently they've gotten a little bit beaten up because, if you listen to Mr. Gore's speech on Thursday, it would concern anybody that owned them. They are up a lot, we still like the group, (and) we selected medical group as a whole.

He's getting excellent medical attention there. But to be close to home, to be back with friends and family that want to support him and take him through this. For that he needs to be here.

The pace of innovation is accelerating, as three billion consumers enter the global marketplace. We are privileged to invest this fund in these exciting times. Entrepreneurs will make major improvements in health care, including in personalized medicine, medical devices and therapeutics.

There is an enormous amount of medical expense in this case. I imagine it is in the neighborhood of the mid to upper six figures, if not seven figures. And that's just medical expenses, not pain and suffering.

There is an argument that medical marijuana is a back door to (recreational) legalization, ... I don't think that, but I do believe it's opening the door for people to learn about the plant.

There are now over 5,000 medical physicists in the U.S more than 50 times the number in 1958.

Huron Consulting Group continues to expand its footprint in the pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotech sector. And our Performance Improvement practice is helping companies across industries improve the bottom line. In joining these growth practices, Mark, Gary and Paul will have significant opportunity to build professional strength and our company's market presence. We welcome them and know that their depth of experience will be invaluable to our clients.

Hunger, inadequate medical care, poor housing, and inferior schools are enemies of the sense of wonder. It is easier and less expensive in the long run to prevent a loss of imagination by providing adequate nutrition, housing, medical care, and schooling than it is to try to restore that loss.

Human remains that are imported for proper medical or educational purposes are required to have a death certificate. Any human body parts that are imported for religious purposes are considered restricted importations and are seized.

I acknowledged to Foreign Minister Kawaguchi that the U.S. government is sympathetic to his health condition and that Sgt. Jenkins' medical condition may delay our request for his transfer to U.S. custody.

He was the county medical examiner in Des Moines before he came here. There was a program there and he thought it would be good to have one here.

He was squeezing my hand and moving his legs around. I really don't know what the blow was. It may have been a side blow that just shocked him off to one side. We haven't heard anything more from the medical people, so we're standing by on that.

He cannot come back until the medical staff releases him.

He is under contract. He has refused to render his services, and so we have not paid him for his services, although we've kept him on his medical insurance.

Greenbranch Publishing is honored to take over the 2nd edition of this essential and straightforward book. The authors have collaborated on a revision that is up-to-date and will prove to be an indispensable guide for every medical practice. It's simple. If you own, run, or have anything to do with a medical practice, you simply must read this book.

has issued instructions to provide any medical assistance necessary -- and that includes teams of doctors that will be arriving.

Harvard Medical School is famous for asking interviewees to open a window that is nailed shut.

We are going to rebuild the medical clinic as soon as possible so that the local communities have access to the much-needed health care provided by our medical personnel.

There are still some practical concerns. We don't want to violate federal laws on disclosing employees' medical records but once that practical discussion occurs we can go forward from there.

Kids coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan . . . deserve to come back to 21st-century medical care, ... Whatever it costs, we need to incur that cost to provide that world-class care to an extraordinary group of men and women in harm's way.

I wound up getting my degree in sports medicine and nutrition because I wanted to work in the medical field. But I wound up taking a trip to Los Angeles and decided being an actor sounds pretty cool, too.

Kennedy lied and lied about his health while he was alive, even using his father's influence to get into the Navy without ever taking a medical examination.

Just like the Medical Center, we had water in the Zoo. We lost one small animal that was spooked by the weather. All of the other animals came through during Tropical Storm Allison. During Alicia, I am told by some of the veteran zookeepers, that we lost two birds.

Just the actual physical ability to hold four instruments simultaneously and do some of the things that Vivien was able to do is mind blowing to any surgeon. He never went to medical school and he became one of the great teachers of medicine himself, people are just amazed.

Josh has had a scan and been reviewed by the England medical team.

Jude comes from a completely medical family - her brothers and sisters are all doctors, her father's a doctor, her mother's a nurse. She just loves real stuff.

Job opportunities are described on the front pages daily as new emphasis is put on several industries, including security, communications, defense, medical equipment and supplies, as well as continuing significant opportunities in health care,

I think it is an act of medical malpractice to do human reproductive cloning when animal data shows how risky it is -- how high the frequency is of miscarriage, birth defects and even life problems with other species. We've been unsuccessful at doing this in our closest animal relatives.

It can be a challenge for (flight crews) who aren't medical professionals. Outwardly, a respiratory infection can look like a common cold.

It blurs the line between cosmetic self-care and serious .Ê.Ê. medical care. It is normalizing what should be extraordinary medical care.

It blurs the line between cosmetic self-care and serious . . . medical care. It is normalizing what should be extraordinary medical care.

I think it's a slippery slope. With advances in technology and science, there are going to be situations where you will know just about anything and everything about someone in terms of what they put in their bodies and their history and what their future medical life will be. ... It's important for people on both sides of the argument to work together.

I think it's an opportunity for him to really take the time now, that he has the time, to look at all of his medical needs.

It is a 4.5-million-dollar facility and it is state of medical art.

It increasingly has been wanting to get into high-tech medical devices, and this gives them the platform for that.

It is also an affirmation of state's authority to monitor regulate and determine legitimate medical practice.

I think with this whole influx into immediacy -- everyone is short term in their outlook. I made a tremendous commitment by not being able to go to medical school and not finishing all that I wanted to do in my engineering career. So I put everything into track and field. And just the passion I have for the sport, I never imagined I would be as good as I was. Once I realized I was that great, I put everything into maintaining it.

It is good news that death sentences against the medical workers have not been confirmed. We hope today's decision can lead to a rapid and fair settlement to all concerned.

I thought that if acting didn't work out, I'd have done law school or medical school: probably law to be honest.

I thought something else should have been done at the time. But I'm not a medical doctor.

I think what medical training does is it gives you the language, the tools to look up facts. I think medical training gives you a sense of how to approach a problem, how to look at symptoms and go down the list of what it might be.

I think a few of them were back there today as well. At this point we are still trying to determine what his medical emergency was ... or whether there were other factors.

It gives the state an opportunity to develop a clear record (about) what medical experts have already said: a person executed under California lethal injection protocol receives no pain.

It gives them an opportunity to explore all aspects of the medical field so they can make an informed decision. There are visits to hospitals, clinical settings, research labs, public health agencies and medical schools. They find out what goes on with patient care, equipment and technology.

It gets the community excited, but as far as kind of a reflection of the value of a medical school, no one up here takes it too seriously.

It has been a long difficult process, but in the end we believe we've struck a responsible balance between increasing funding for such priorities as education and medical research, without overburdening the American taxpayer,

I think we are first and foremost needing medical folks who can really champion the cause.

I think we all agree that skyrocketing medical malpractice premiums are spiraling out of control and demand our immediate attention.

It is not terribly different, but it is a more refined system that makes it easier for us to assess...No one waits long to be assessed or to have contact with a medical professional.

I think that's up to the medical staff. But I don't think that can be a bad thing.

I think that's up to his family and our medical staff. That's what they're trained to do. I want it to be their decision, so he's comfortable with it. They'll let me know, and the team that I have that's healthy, we'll play.

I think that (the) whole combine demands you to have incredible self-discipline in decision making. It's invaluable, No. 1, because of the medical (exams). But you better discipline yourself to evaluate a player on the tape of a game. This will indicate what kind of athlete they are, but usually what that does is support what you've already seen on tape.

I think that maybe it's not as complicated as it might seem. I'm not a medical expert, but I think anyone with a reasonable amount of skill could probably accomplish this.

I think that in the 21st century, medical biology will advance at a more rapid pace than before.

It is important to note this is not a suspension and not basketball related. This is a temporary leave of absence for medical reasons.

I was very, very impressed by the program at Duke, and very taken by more than just its medical approach. For me, there was the intangible that became so important, of the spiritual and emotional commitment that these programs and their doctors have.

I want to thank the medical staff and hospital personnel and everyone who has shown interest in me, my teammates and coach, the club president and of course the supporters.

I was actually accepted into medical school in Italy. But then I wanted to come back and learn medicine in Germany. And while waiting, I decided to join a business school. I figured it would be useful for doctors to know some business as well!

I was able to spend like two hours at the hospital (with Hodge, who could be released from Swedish Medical Center as soon as today). I would never think that a guy that took as many bullets as he (did) would be in the (good) spirits he was. Hopefully, he'll make a fully recovery like they said he would.

I think they've been doing a very good job. I think it would be detrimental to the medical center if the Pitts Management group were to leave right now.

It is a tough program with a lot of obstacles. Each person is faced with their own unique challenges. Some are extremely sick because they spend their whole lives shying away from medical care.

It is a scandal in our minds that four years after 9/11, we have not yet set aside radio spectrum to insure that police, firefighters and emergency medical technicians can communicate reliably during any kind of attack or any kind of major disaster.

It is a medical emergency so these people really need to be removed.

Just being able to go out there day in and day out where a lot of people counted me out says a lot for the work I put into it, and for the medical staff and the team.

Jimmy put it in perspective and told me exactly what had happened to him, ... He encouraged me to get the best medical advice I could get. He took me through the scenario of what would happen.

Last week Keith complained of soreness is his knee. He had an MRI on Monday, which revealed some very slight cartilage damage. Keith, his mother and the medical staff then got together and decided to repair it now instead of having it be a nuisance throughout the season.

Larger companies do not place as much weight on medical education. Medical education becomes a little fish in a big pond of promotional tools for companies with large portfolios.

Last season he had a lot of swelling, but there isn't any of that this time. We're going to have to see the medical reports and then figure out where we go from there.

I think CVS is trying to defuse this by saying there was no financial risk, but I think there was a very serious medical privacy concern.

I risked it once already. The risk was there the first time, but I came back because the team needed me. The medical people advised me not to play the first time. But I don't care about being hurt. The guys need me, I'm out there.

People are going to be hurt adversely by the effects of genetic testing. The medical knowledge that they gain is limited at this time.

People are not happy with Western medical treatment and are seeking alternatives.

Our hope is that he is doing better than what was reported and that if he needs medicine or urgent medical care that we could look at the options that exist to help him.

Over here the medical treatment is tied to the cooperation with the interrogators. I asked the doctor several times to give me medical assistance but the doctors told me unless I talk to the interrogators, they will not give me help.

Over a three-year period we'll look to invest the fund in roughly 40 companies across a set of industry sectors that include mobile computing, Web-enabled software, biotech, medical devices, semiconductors, and then an area that we are highlighting this time that we call green tech, which is new energy sources and things like that.

Parents have a right and responsibility to oversee medical decisions regarding their minors. I think it will receive significant legislative support. It's a parental-rights issue.

Over the years, HIV/AIDS activists and their allies have been pioneers in creating new frontiers in the medical establishment. Through their efforts, the FDA drug approval procedures were reformed so promising new therapies could reach desperate patients quicker.

Over the weekend, he was very aggressive in his playing and it's barking. The medical and training staff think that he should take a day or two.

Our purpose now is to reach into the medical community just to make sure nobody out there has any symptoms. There is an incubation window of one to six days, but we still want to get this information into clinicians' hands.

Our patients know that we have access to the information we need to make the best possible medical decisions. Further, they appreciate having online access to their records.

Our studies have indicated this thing plays well right across the line. Everybody needs to trust in the medical system. The only way we can trust in it is if companies are telling the truth.

Our son was involved in a car accident. I was touched by the number of friends, neighbors - and strangers - who helped with benefits for medical costs.

Our study further defines melanoma risk in post-menopausal women and, it is hoped, will sensitize the medical community to this risk, serving as a catalyst for development of new routines of follow-up and patient assessment to facilitate earlier detection of melanoma.

Our goal is to continue providing the American soldier with the best, most protective body armor in the world. We are working with soldiers, commanders, the medical community and industry to continue these improvements while ensuring the safety of our soldiers.

Our goal all along has been to give Grant the best chance to get healthy. At this time, and in consultation with the medical experts, we are in agreement that the risk of him returning this season to game action could be detrimental in regard to achieving the overall goal.

Our core competence is making beautiful and creative space that makes people feel special. So they took that care and put it in a medical setting. Everybody was motivated by a personal experience. We tried our best to put ourselves in the shoes of the patients and families and how they might feel.

Our contract with Inland expired in June, and both sides started negotiating the new contract in March, ... We had hopes of renewing by June, but had not made much progress by September. Inland was talking to Eastern Maine Medical Center about anesthetic care, and come September, we thought it may be better to concentrate all services at MaineGeneral.

Our vision is to make our products indispensable to all physicians, from independent practitioners to the largest physician practice groups, academic medical centers and specialty groups, and today we are taking two significant strategic steps towards that goal.

Out of one pocket we pay billions of our tax dollars to support the production of expensive, disease-causing foods. Out of the other pocket, we pay medical bills that are too high because our overweight population consumes too much of these rich, disease-causing foods.

Our client's doctors' behavior goes against established medical ethics and violates California civil rights law.

Other studies show that about 40 percent of young adults are uninsured at some time during the year following their graduation. With college expenses so high, the last thing parents and their children need is to get hit with unexpected medical bills.