Word: obstetrician
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...took Elizabeth Gromny six years and countless infertility treatments to conceive her first child. But her timing could not have been worse. The day she called to make her first appointment with her obstetrician, the doctor had just capped the number of deliveries she would perform. Why? The doctor's insurance bill would shoot up if she exceeded a certain number of births. Gromny was turned away not only from her doctor but also from others all over Las Vegas who face similar limits...
...managed-care groups, doctors cannot readily pass on their increased costs. To pay higher insurance premiums, some doctors have cut back on staff. But others are dropping high-risk specialties or retiring early. "I would be working just to pay my malpractice costs," said Debra Wright, a Las Vegas obstetrician who took a leave of absence this spring to avoid a premium increase to $180,000, from $50,000 last year. She hopes to resume her work if rates go down. Cheryl Edwards has stopped her obstetrics practice altogether and moved from Las Vegas to Los Angeles for a gynecology...
...clinical trials can be frustrating even when a new drug works perfectly. Jordan Perlow, an Arizona obstetrician, has been plagued by severe psoriasis for 25 years. Last year he took part in a clinical trial for an experimental drug that completely cleared it up. He was ecstatic. But when the trial came to an end, so did his access to the drug. His psoriasis returned. With any luck, the compound he tested will win approval, but there is no guarantee. Meanwhile, Perlow is seeking relief in another clinical trial. --By David Bjerklie
...older brother Qayum in Baltimore. "He was only dedicated to Afghanistan." Family members say it was the final illness of his mother, who had expressed the wish to see him settled before she died, that led Karzai to marry at last, in January 1999. His wife Zinat is an obstetrician-gynecologist active in assisting refugees in Pakistan...
...Roosevelt Room, he told how F.D.R. used the space to house his aquariums. Down the hall he expounded on a print showing Lincoln at the first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation. Throughout, he was a manic bundle of energy. Near the end of the tour, Glade Curtis, an obstetrician, had to laugh. "Karl was always really into politics and history," Curtis said. "And he was always a nerd...