51.   The use of steroids to treat cases turning up in emergency rooms has cut hospitalizations for croup sharply in recent years, according to the study.

52.   Under questioning from Sen. Richard C. Shelby, D-Ala., Ryan said the Madison case was treated differently from other banking investigations.

53.   Until recently, quinolones, which include the popular Cipro and Levaquin, were almost always effective in treating severe cases of the illness.

54.   Until medical officials can pinpoint the cause of the illness, the authorities are treating the case as a possible crime.

55.   Until then, the police treated the case as if the attacker were a police impersonator, not an officer.

56.   Veterinarians can treat most cases with antibiotics, but Cowgill said a number of animals with kidney failure have been given hemodialysis at the Davis school.

57.   While the Medical Examiner has not yet determined the exact cause of death, detectives say they are treating the case as an accidental overdose.

58.   Yet almost no state uses them because courts have found that existing laws are tough enough and because three-strikes laws handcuffed their ability to treat cases individually.

59.   Only emergency cases will be treated in Athens and the Attica region until Friday.

60.   Only the most serious cases are being treated in Athens hospitals.