At least some of the time, a workout may really be the best thing for a sick patient.

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But stabilizing a sick patient is like putting out a house fire.

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Computers, which can cope with simple rule-based jobs, find it far harder to diagnose a sick patient or design a new aircraft.

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Vaccinating a healthy baby may not seem as urgent as treating a sick patient, but the long-term costs of not doing so are incalculable.

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It is a sick patient speeding toward the operating table.

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France's Liberation says the committee showed "a hell of a nerve" by awarding the prize to "a very sick patient", but the paper agrees to give the EU the benefit of the doubt and to bet on its "resilience".

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The total cost would then be adjusted based on how sick the patient is and then compared to a national average.

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There is nothing worse than a formerly promiscuous aunt now on a crusade for moral rectitude playing the harpy and scold in the sick room, elbowing the doctor aside to upbraid the patient with inappropriately timed, self-righteous sermons.

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