1. It allows patients to live a more normal life, which is a blessing. 2. The assessment procedures consisted of bimonthly interviews of the patients and a friend or relative with whom the patient was living. 3. If patients lived with a low EE relative, the major tranquillising drugs produced a relatively small reduction in relapse rate. 4. Although victory still seems distant, patients are living longer and suffering less, thanks to new treatments that target cancer cells more directly. 5. And as patients live longer, there is barely any turnover in the program. 6. And patients are living longer with illnesses that could not be treated before. 7. And patients are living longer with illnesses that could once not be treated. 8. And the use of specific medical treatments, like surgery for breast cancer or prostate cancer, varies strikingly, depending on where a patient lives. 9. Another patient lived even longer after suffering a debilitating stroke. 10. And yet like the aforementioned duo, the patient lived to see another dawn. |