31.   Levy, a board-certified internist, prescribes modern drugs to treat acute conditions such as heart disease.

32.   Medtronic is collaborating with privately held Somnus Medical Technologies to market new treatments for apnea, and is developing an implantable stimulator to treat the condition.

33.   Neupogen, the first therapy approved for directly treating the condition, stimulates the body to make white blood cells.

34.   Mostly used to treat inflammatory disorders, it has occasionally proved helpful in treating neurological conditions.

35.   Nobilo was diagnosed with a form of arthritis in his wrists two years ago, and the medication to treat that condition weakened his tendons and ligaments.

36.   Offering antibiotics and antiviral drugs to treat these conditions will not only alleviate the suffering they cause, but could also reduce HIV infection rates.

37.   Other drugs used to treat the condition include corticosteroids, antibiotics and immunosuppressive agents.

38.   Other drugs also used to treat the condition, include corticosteroids, antibiotics and immunosuppressive agents.

39.   Over the past three decades, researchers have come up with new ways of treating this condition, from oral medications to minimally invasive surgery.

40.   Pfizer Inc. and U.S. Surgical Corp. are among the companies developing devices to treat the condition.