21.   Except for a couple of teens who were having spinal fusion surgery and insisted on rock music, patients responded well to the music, she says.

22.   If patients responded just as favorably to a placebo, why continue with arthroscopy?

23.   In such a clinical trial design, though, it is imperative to confirm that the patients did not respond to irinotecan alone.

24.   In her clinical work, Ms. Sarna has found that some patients respond extremely well to hypnotism, whereas others do not benefit at all.

25.   It is also still a matter of luck which patients will respond to current anti-HIV cocktails as dramatically as Harrington did.

26.   Its introduction coincides with a rising need for new hepatitis C treatments because many patients are not responding to other drugs.

27.   Johns Hopkins researchers recently found that a test being developed by Virco could help predict whether a patient will respond to drugs for brain tumors.

28.   Many patients respond well to drugs, so that their seizures are greatly reduced or eliminated, said Dr. David Ficker, a neurologist at the University of Cincinnati.

29.   Many patients respond to brief cognitive therapy, which helps them to recognize and appreciate sources of hope and to experience pleasure.

30.   Maybe it was also tied to the way patients with congestive heart failure responded to drugs.