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Word: ortho (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sperm-killing agent, nonoxynal 9, is not unique to The Encare Oval "but is an active ingredient in several other products (Conceptrol, Delfen, Koromex, Ortho-Creme, etc.)." The FDA thus concludes that The Encare Oval should be considered "no more or less effective than the other vaginal contraceptive drugs available." The actual use/failure rate for these products is 20-30 percent, and according to Our Bodies, Ourselves are, thus, best used in conjunction with a condom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Beware of Oval | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

...eyeball is too long or because the cornea and lens bend light rays too much. Just as orthodontists use braces to correct the position of crooked teeth, orthokeratologists employ hard contact lenses to alter the curvature of the cornea to improve vision. At least 300 optometrists now specialize in "ortho-k," and tens of thousands of Americans are believed to have undergone the increasingly popular treatment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Eye Braces? | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

...even ortho-k's supporters acknowledge that there is little hard scientific evidence to support some of the claims made for it. The best results seem to be in correcting young myopics. Patients are usually treated with a standard contact lens worn for up to 16 hours a day. Either through pressure or undetermined factors-the cause is still disputed -the cornea does seem to flatten out. After about six weeks the cornea's new curvature is measured, and new contact lenses prescribed, usually with a flatter curve. During the therapy, which can last two years and cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Eye Braces? | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

...also gone into life insurance, printing and prepackaged meals for single diners. Johnson & Johnson works both sides of the population street. The company still produces its line of baby powders, lotions and shampoos (good for adults as well as infants, claim its current ads). But it also owns Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp., one of the nation's largest manufacturers of contraceptives, and is pushing a full line of diaphragms, foams and birth control pills for those who want to avoid buying its baby products...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: THOSE MISSING BABIES | 9/16/1974 | See Source »

According to Billy Graham, that was one of the intents. "There was tremen dous vision at the [World Council's] founding in 1948," Graham told TIME Correspondent Richard Ostling at the congress. "But the council gradually moved further and further from ortho dox ties. The gulf between it and the Evangelicals has deepened. I hope this congress will get the World Council to re-evaluate its theological position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Challenge from Evangelicals | 8/5/1974 | See Source »

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