1.   Doctors control how often patients use medical care and doctors as a group can be kept within a budget, he said.

2.   Patients used to arrive by ox cart.

3.   Although these patients may have used bronchodilators intermittently in the past for control of asthma, none required them during the week before endoscopy.

4.   Two patients used digital evacuation alone.

5.   Acromegaly patients generally use three octreotide injections daily, usually given before breakfast in the morning, afternoon, and late in the evening.

6.   Some patients use only those restrictive behaviours that are commonly associated with dieting, such as undereating, avoidance of high-energy foods, and strenuous exercise.

7.   Patients used to be quite sick after chemotherapy.

8.   And those who run the programs say that between one-fourth and one-half of the patients using them are not there for religious reasons.

9.   At mealtimes the patient uses a remote-control device to direct the pump to release an additional dose.