71.   Only a year out of high school, Cust is learning to be patient about his progress.

72.   Other recommendations included prohibiting physician contracts from including a so-called gag rule, which bans doctors from talking to patients about procedures their health plans do not cover.

73.   Part of what attracted Lauren to the project was that the center will educate patients about their treatment.

74.   President Clinton on Thursday prohibited health maintenance organizations from limiting what doctors may tell Medicaid patients about treatment options.

75.   PROTECTION FOR MEDICAID PATIENTS President Clinton prohibited health-maintenance organizations from limiting what doctors may tell Medicaid patients about treatment options.

76.   Reform Party spokeswoman Sharon Holman said Lamm needs to be patient about getting his ballot.

77.   Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston were dismayed to learn in a new study that few American doctors counsel young patients about the dangers of smoking.

78.   Researchers who have asked the patients directly about the problem in a questionnaire have reported higher rates than researchers who reported only their observations.

79.   Republican and Democratic administrations have battled over whether health professionals in such clinics should be permitted to counsel women patients about abortion.

80.   She speaks to students in schools, trains day care workers about AIDS, and counsels other patients about adhering to their medication schedules.