11.   Small, focused studies of groups of veterans that are under way or being planned probably are the best way to develop useful data, the panel said.

12.   Such trials would take longer and require more participants if conducted in the United States than in countries with a higher incidence of HIV, the panel said.

13.   The Belgian withdrawal prompted others to pull out, an action supported by the United States, the panel said.

14.   These efforts, the panel said, will require much more rigorous testing and review than the government currently undertakes.

15.   Physical, speech and occupational therapy help patients function on their own, but they also need specialized cognitive exercises, the panel said.

16.   A global effort is needed to improve recognition and treatment of brain disorders in developing nations, a scientific advisory panel said Wednesday.

17.   A government statement said negotiating panels for the government and the rebels would decide which soldiers would be covered by the amnesty.

18.   But women taking other chemotherapeutic drugs called anthracyclines, such as Adriamycin, should not take Herceptin because the combination appears too risky, the FDA panel said.

19.   Dutch efforts to investigate and prosecute child pornography and abuse are hampered by a lack of cooperation between justice officials and the police, an independent panel said Tuesday.

20.   He said a panel of five judges that oversees criminal appeals reached its verdict last week, but held off releasing it until Monday.