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...less than 48 hours. In clinical trials Norplant was remarkably effective. During the first two years the implant had one-tenth to one-twentieth the failure rate of oral contraceptives, which fail 3% of the time. Surveys of women who have used Norplant -- a total of 350,000 worldwide -- show that 80% are willing to stick with the contraceptive for at least one year...
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...actual count -- well, actual approximate count -- the Australian rock band INXS has played 2,000 performances during the past 13 years. And what have its members got to show for it? Folks still have trouble with the name. "In excess" would be phonetically correct, but it lacks the cool mystery of those four uppercase letters, which make the lads loom large, like something mythic: six electrified Druids with some new rhythmic spells to weave...
...Touring is second nature to us, kind of automatic," explains Andrew Farriss, 30, the keyboardist and songwriter of the band. "We started off just playing in public, and our audience got bigger and bigger. Record companies in Australia had to sign us because our live-show following was bigger than some people's record sales." Adds Michael Hutchence, 30, who handles lyrics, lead vocals and sex-symbol assignments with equal panache: "We've toured a lot around the world for three or four years without a lot of success to tour on at first, because that...
...Haldol, for example, acts not only on the brain but also on the cardiovascular system and the liver. Occasionally the medication can cause jaundice, severe skin problems and abrupt drops in blood pressure. Prescribers need to be able to spot problems wherever they may occur, not just those that show up in psychological disorders, says Robinowitz. There is also the danger of drug interactions. It is important to know not only which combinations of medications should be avoided but also how a particular drug might affect some pre-existing medical condition. Predicting and detecting such problems, argues Dr. John Tupper...