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Both Cassileth and Angell saw another unfortunate implication in the notion of conquering disease by positive thinking. "If the cancer spreads, despite every attempt to think positively," Angell asked, "is the patient at fault?" She pointed to remarks made by Humana Institute's Dr. Allan Lansing, who at a press conference expressed concern that Artificial Heart Recipient William Schroeder did not have the right attitude after his first stroke. The implication, she said, is that Schroeder was in some way responsible for his condition. At a time when patients are already suffering from disease, Angell concluded, "they should...
...NCAA managed to toss a wrench into the icemen's campaign as well, disallowing. Allan Bourbeau from returning to competition after two semesters off. A victim of an "academic progress" rule. Bourbeau met Harvard's stringent criteria for returning to the ice, but failed to equal the more arbitrary guidelines of the NCAA...
...beyond six days. Pergonal, a mixture of hormones obtained from the urine of postmenopausal women, stimulates maturation of egg-bearing follicles within the ovaries; sometimes too many eggs are eventually released. "The problem is, it's a very, very delicate balance how much of the stuff to use," says Allan Weingold, an obstetrician and gynecologist at George Washington University Medical Center in Washington. Even with careful monitoring, he says, "you can still overshoot the mark considerably...
...about to sit down when your date gives your hand an extra squeeze and wonders aloud. Do you happen to have V.D., herpes or AIDS? This scenario was not lifted from Porky still but instead is the type of warning currently offered by the popular media. According to author Allan M.Brandt Harvard professor of History and Science. such representations simplistic view that the problem can be solved it individuals act more responsibly in their sexual conduct...
...less bucolic places raises rockier questions. Should officials curtail construction and thus discourage new business? What if this kills a community's economy and the quake never comes? The USGS insists that these are decisions for state and local authorities. Besides, the science is still shaky. Says Geophysicist Allan Lindh: "Studying great quakes 150 years apart is like trying to pick horse races from watching one furlong and not even knowing which furlong you're watching." Betting a community's future on such evidence could be quite a gamble--one almost as big as ignoring the evidence...