Activase isn't all that effective against occlusive strokes, and risks killing the patient if in fact he is suffering from a hemorrhagic stroke.

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Set against the dangers of all-out financial seizure, these risks seem worth taking.

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It is important for retirees to make use of all asset classes to generate income while protecting against inherent market risks and inflation.

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For all the tirades against the Europeans, America's economy risks being pushed into recession by its own fiscal policy and by the fact that both parties are more interested in positioning themselves for the 2012 elections than in reaching the compromises needed to steer away from that hazardous course.

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One consequence, he says, is that all the bidders were offering far too little protection to taxpayers against the risks of collapse by a franchise holder.

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There is a new awareness that all drugs have risks and that their benefits need to be balanced against these.

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This is best done by physicians carefully weighing the benefits against the risks and costs and the sharing that information with the patient and all the physicians who treat that patient.

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