1. A report from two intensive care units from San Francisco found that almost half the deaths followed a decision to limit treatment.
2. Although they remained independent businesspeople, the managed care organizations started capping their fees and limiting treatments doctors could provide.
3. And environmental restrictions that did not exist during past major outbreaks limit the treatment of the crickets until they spread from rangeland to cropland.
4. As state laws stand now, involuntary treatment is largely limited to patients who are considered a threat to themselves or others.
5. Before that, treatment was basically limited to surgically removing the polyps or the entire colon.
6. A bill that would limit treatment passed a legislative committee on Wednesday.
7. Current treatments are limited to white cell transfusions, antibiotics, and bone marrow transplantation.
8. Humana Inc. said it will eliminate language from its contracts with doctors that physicians say limits treatments they can recommend to patients.
9. In light of management changes, the HMO in October moved to eliminate all language from its contracts that physicians say limits treatments they can recommend.
10. Many chiropractors, however, are limiting their treatments to aches and pains in muscles and joints, where there is growing evidence that spinal manipulation offers relief.