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What was that all about? Last week's blundering effort by Time Warner Cable to use its local monopoly power to bring the Walt Disney Co. to heel was almost a perfect illustration of how not to run a business. By depriving 3.5 million households in seven markets, including New York City and Los Angeles, of their God-given right to watch Regis Philbin, some very highly paid people at the world's largest communications company leaped into an early lead for a coveted trophy--the one inscribed "Worst P.R. Move of the Year...
...speak more than the utterances." Shields says Sprewell is one of the few players in the NBA--along with Seattle's Gary Payton, Houston's retiring veteran Charles Barkley and former Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman--who consistently, either consciously or subconsciously, bring racial issues to the fore through their use of language and symbols...
Your report on testosterone and its increased use revealed a depressing situation in America [HEALTH, April 24]. Men are striving for physical perfection but doing little about the degradation of basic moral values in society. Gun violence is becoming a regular occurrence. There are more pressing issues than trying to satisfy a man's insatiable ego by using testosterone gel. ROEL CONRAD E. JAMIS Cagayan de Oro City, the Philippines...
Your cover story contained an error regarding the dosage of Unimed Pharmaceuticals' AndroGel testosterone ointment. The approved use of AndroGel is for application once a day, not several times a day. Overuse of any testosterone product can result in levels of testosterone well above the upper-normal range that provide no known benefit and may increase the risk of side effects. Your report also stated that the daily dose of the gel could provide 10 mg to 40 mg of testosterone. In fact, a single dose of AndroGel delivers between 5 mg and 10 mg of the hormone, depending...
...most serious consequences of testosterone-hormone use in men is sterility, because the production of testosterone and sperm in the testicles is inhibited. Therefore many men who take anabolic steroids are infertile. For adolescent boys or adult men with conditions that require testosterone, it is advised to supplement the hormone with a second treatment, one that stimulates sperm production. SARAH K. GIRARDI, M.D. New York City...