1.   Patients with acute lower back pain often do well with bed rest and painkillers.

2.   With muscles showing complete or near-complete return of potential, bed rest, exercise, and overall good health formed the pattern.

3.   The doctor prescribed bed rest for a month.

4.   In others, an acute episode of constipation may follow a change in diet or environment, a febrile illness, a period of dehydration, or bed rest.

5.   Unnecessary confrontation is avoided, but some supervisory strategies are necessary, such as a mandatory period of bed rest after meals to prevent surreptitious vomiting or strenuous exercising.

6.   Bed rest for the moment.

7.   An autopsy found that Ms. McPherson had died of a pulmonary embolism, or blood vessel blockage, caused by bed rest and severe dehydration.

8.   As they intensified, Mantle decided to take some rare bed rest, confident he would bounce back.

9.   Bed rest and a liquid fiber-free diet, plus pain medication, are commonly prescribed to give the bowel a chance to heal.

10.   Bed rest and large fluid intake are essential.