It's my decision."Do Over: New MS drug may be safe after all" (SN: 3/4/06, p. 131) contained a very disturbing comment: "Neurologist Annette Langer-Gould of Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. says that even the 1-in-l,000 risk of PML PML - Parallel ML. ["Synchronous Operations as First-Class Values", J.H. Reppy <jhr@research.att.com>, Proc SIGPLAN 88 Conf Prog Lang Design and Impl, June 1988, pp. 250-259]. [leukemia] 'seems to outweigh the benefits' that natalizumab would provide many patients." Having a genetic mutation for which there is no treatment or cure and having (and having had) friends with MS, I am very concerned that some entity would withhold a beneficial treatment because of an identified risk. First and foremost, the choice is that of the recipient, not the administrator. When the risks are high--e.g., greater than 50-50--then sufficient counseling should be made available to help the patient consider the quality of life versus the trade-offs. DAVID David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. SWEETMAN, DYER, NEV NEV Nevada (old style US postal abbreviation) NEV Neighborhood Electric Vehicle NEV Nevis, Leeward Islands, Saint Kitts And Nevis (Airport Code) NEV Network Enhancement Vehicle NEV Network Event Viewer . |
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