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Doctors are often afraid to dispense high doses, sometimes at the expense of patients' daily functioning. "Those are the kinds of doses that get doctors arrested," says Siobhan Reynolds, founder of patient-advocacy group the Pain Relief Network. But as researchers figure out the best way to use their most powerful pain relievers, patients are beginning to benefit, Reynolds says. "More people are getting a very little bit of opioids, and that's good," she says. "But those who need high doses are still being put through hell. These drugs are a miracle for the right people: they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Doctors Too Reluctant to Prescribe Opioids? | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

...noticed that he was very aggressive and not afraid to work hard and keep coming at people,” Jantzen commented. “He likes to keep going after his opponent in a match, and the more you attack, the more you score...

Author: By Steven T. A. Roach, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wrestler Living Lifelong Dream | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

Regret has always been the one thing I’ve tried to avoid most, and that feeling of uncertainty dawned on me once again. A year later than expected, I was essentially back to square one. At a crossroads and forced to choose a path, I was afraid of making the wrong decision...

Author: By Kevin T. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Time Off Makes All The Difference | 2/23/2010 | See Source »

...while, we were playing very timidly,” Markley added. “We were afraid to shoot [the ball...

Author: By Kevin T. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Markley, Lippert Help Crimson Hold on for Win | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

...What the Tea Party movement tells us, though, is that the hold those traditional parties have over politics is never as tight as their leaders would like to believe, and that in times of trouble - times like these both R's and D's are well advised to be afraid. Very afraid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Tea Party Movement Matters | 2/18/2010 | See Source »

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