41.   One reason for the discrepancy, the researchers suggest, is that physicians may be giving less aggressive medical treatment to keep the oldest and sickest Americans alive.

42.   Researchers say earlier detection and more aggressive treatment could make a big difference.

43.   She will not return to the hospital for any sort of aggressive treatment.

44.   Separately, an expert panel convened by the U.S. government today recommended early, aggressive treatment of HIV to help prevent opportunistic infections from striking in the first place.

45.   Some studies have suggested that the reason for the difference is that women get less aggressive treatment.

46.   Suggested causes of the rising incidence include shifts in diet toward fattier foods, higher rates of obesity and, oddly enough, aggressive treatment of ulcers.

47.   Steinbach gets many young patients like this who need more aggressive treatment, often referred by a school nurse or a primary care doctor.

48.   That doctor admitted her husband to a local hospital and began aggressive treatment of the sores and several other ailments afflicting him, she said.

49.   The economic pressure to produce babies fuels aggressive treatments and a rise in large pregnancies.

50.   The issue of whether older heart attack victims should get the same kind of aggressive treatment -- including surgery and angioplasty -- as younger people long has been debated.