31.   That discovery came when a scientist monitoring depressed patients taking Wellbutrin noted that some also quit smoking.

32.   Telemedicine is helping nurses monitor patients with heart and lung problems, diabetes, serious skin disorders, wounds, anxiety attacks, hemophilia and spinal-cord injuries.

33.   The committee also said doctors should carefully monitor stroke patients taking the drug.

34.   The counts can also be used to monitor patients who are receiving allergy desensitization shots to see how effective they are.

35.   The defense says these payments compensated Dr. Brown for monitoring patients and performing studies.

36.   The doctors also say patients were monitored to make sure that they were not abusing drugs and that those suspected of doing so were reported to state authorities.

37.   The FDA said it will urge doctors to monitor their patients carefully.

38.   The HMOs also push the doctors to monitor patients with potentially catastrophic health problems and help avert long hospital stays.

39.   The patients would be monitored and drug combinations adjusted when necessary.

40.   The study, headquartered at the University of Pittsburgh, continues to monitor the patients.