Medical proof of injury to several unrelated victims is even more daunting.

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Wynberg Regional Court was handed a medical certificate as proof of Xolile Mngeni's condition.

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You'll need to substantiate any changes in health by undergoing some medical tests or show proof of a job change.

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Diversity has probably helped: besides its traditional strengths in electronics and software development, Cambridge has a healthy (and relatively recession-proof) medical-technology sector, and has branched out into biotechnology over the past couple of decades.

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But its biggest and most controversial application is as a hardener for making polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins the materials of choice for manufacturing clear, shatter-proof bottles, spectacles, medical devices and CDs as well as dental coatings and linings for food cans.

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But our collaboration really entered high gear in 2006, when we wrote three covers together: on how marketing had overtaken science in the drug industry, how we were losing the war on drug-resistant bacteria, and on how medical devices were slipping through without enough proof they were safe and effective.

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Shelby Akins , however, works in sales for a medical device company, a relatively recession-proof industry.

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Exports have held up fairly well, a resilience that owes much to the presence in Ireland of American drug and medical-equipment firms, whose output is largely recession-proof.

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