11.   But ear infections often linger now, because widespread use of antibiotics to fight the infections has bred resistant strains of bacteria, physicians said.

12.   But if the weather turns cooler and damper, people who are allergic to these weeds will be saved some misery, physicians said Friday.

13.   But physicians say the contracts give Blue Cross and other insurers too much control over medical decisions.

14.   But the fear spawned by bioterrorism may be disproportionately large in relationship to the threat it represents, physicians say.

15.   But with patients living longer and care costs rising, physicians say it can run much higher.

16.   Celtics team physician Arnold Scheller said he thought Bird needed to modify his lifestyle, from alcohol intake to diet to exercise, to control the problem.

17.   Creatine has not raised the same alarms as androstenedione, but physicians say that its long-term effects are not known.

18.   Detectives interviewed four of the more seriously injured victims on Tuesday after physicians said they were well enough to be questioned, Krey said.

19.   Faculty physicians said they felt the plan risked compromising the reputation of the university among philanthropies and its commitments to research and the poor.

20.   Federal regulators have always been ready, physicians say, to punish doctors who they believe overprescribe medication to fight pain.