INCISIVE MIND
CITY / COUNTY DIGEST
Dr. Ali Mehrizi
Barbaro endures further surgery
Hoof setback for Barbaro
Bariatric surgery option for diabetics
2 studies in Africa offer hope on HIV
Simulating surgery for med students
HEALTH NOTES
More patients in pain are turning to physical therapy
Robot heads to heart surgery
Testing for cancer
Polio survivors hit harder by aging
The power of the selfless gift
Names in the News
Roberts' fundraiser is a big hit
Slow demise for long preoperative fasts
IN BRIEF
State unveils guide to hospitals
Some older job applicants resort to cosmetic surgery
BARBARO IS GIVEN A FIGHTING CHANCE
Barbaro is given a fighting chance
Balloon procedure may open up clogged sinuses
World constraints on Hamas translate into a Gaza health care crisis
Swaziland men pick circumcision
Md. bill seeks data on hospital infections
Surgery program sought
Turning up the heat helps shrink tumors
Have researchers found the spice of life?
Md. high court backs allowing hospital to do heart surgery
Ex-Twin Puckett suffers stroke
High-tech medicine for all of us
Sharon survives operation
Reducing the pain with comfort, ease
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Sharon suffers severe stroke
Senate set to vote on extending medical decision-making rights
Ex-president is said to be in good spirits
Clinton set to undergo heart bypass
Appeal issued to sniper
Postal clerk ninth victim of anthrax
The sick and famous go to bat for cures Endorsements: Celebrities are lending their good names to the hospitals and medical procedures that cured what ailed them.
It's all in the wrist: Ewing out for year Surgery may put career in jeopardy for Knicks' center
Suspect's incomplete file blamed in escape from Crownsville State health officials review procedures
Drug-resistant bacteria detected in Camden, N.J. Earlier similar cases of staph infection noted in Michigan and Japan
It's really OK for outfielder to play Health: Advances in regimens, local physicians say, mean different reactions to chemotherapy. Oriole Eric Davis' excellent physical conditioning is a huge plus, his doctors say.
HMOs' suit says hospitals allowed to overcharge
Dr. Eugene D. Lyon, 84, was chief of oral surgery, dentistry at Hopkins
Davis' goal is to play ball in '97 O's outfielder weighs chemotherapy, to seek opinions in California; Will rely on 'prayer, advice'; Even with treatment, August return eyed
