BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

Life With Twins Two to wash and two to dry, Two to argue and two to cry, Two to feed and two to kiss, Two to love and two to miss. Two to bathe and two to cuddle, Two to soothe and two to snuggle, Two to tuck in, two to hug tight, Angels keep them through the night. Twins There's two to wash, there's two to dry, There's two who argue, there's two who cry. One's in the mud having a ball, The other holds a crayon, another marked wall. Some days seem endless, my patience grows thin. Why was I chosen to be a mother of twins? The answer comes clear at the end of each day, As I tuck them in bed and to myself I say, There's two to kiss, there's two to hug, And best of all, there's two to love.

Your Doctor’s Drug Problem November 18, 2003 By ARNOLD S. RELMAN BOSTON; The rising costs of pre scription drugs are driving the current debate about Medicare reform. Yet Republicans and Democrats alike may be unaware of a primary reason for this inflation: doctors are taught about drugs by agents of the pharmaceutical industry, which works hard to persuade them to select the newest and most expensive medications - even in the absence of scientific evidence that they are any better than older, less costly ones. Despite the increase in direct-to-consumer advertising, patients still rely on their doctors to choose which prescription drugs, if any, they should take. But what few of them know is that often their doctors' judgment is influenced by the companies that sell the drugs. Most medical practitioners nowadays learn which drugs to use, and how to use them, mainly from teachers and educational programs paid for by the pharmaceutical industry. To renew their l