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...Weir Mitchell was famous for his "rest" therapy, which denied the depressed individual any activity until recovery. Of course such a cure only exacerbates the disease and, after reading Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper, Dr. Mitchell changed his method of treatment. After watching the play, you'll wonder why he didn't change it sooner...
...Kang Chow, a fourth-year M.D./Ph.D student at Harvard Medical School, discovered a new approach to combatting HIV-1, the most common form of the AIDS virus. Chow found he could prevent the virus from duplicating and spreading through a new technique he called "convergent combination therapy." His method uses three different drugs to render the AIDS virus incapable or reproduction. In the laboratory, Chow was able to overpower the virus...
Moyers then repairs to the U.S. for the rest of the series. His first stop is with doctors who study the biology of emotion. Using Method actors to portray extreme anger and fear, the researchers show that even these artificially conjured emotions produce telltale changes in blood chemistry...
That is not to say Moyers is never taken in. He is amazed that a woman can undergo brain surgery with acupuncture, perhaps not realizing that Western doctors have long recognized that the method can be as effective as chemical anesthetics. But in the end, Moyers presents a convincing case that conventional medicine still has much to learn...
...problem here is that delay is prudent, but so is Clinton's desire to move swiftly on all fronts. The President routinely quotes F.D.R.'s 1932 observation that "the country needs bold, persistent experimentation," but he rarely completes Roosevelt's thought: "Take a method and try it; if it fails, admit it and try another." But time is not Clinton's best friend. In an era when the citizenry's collective attention span can be measured in nanoseconds (and without a full-scale depression to guarantee patience), the President has confected his best chance to change course. If he fails...