Indeed, when captain Michael Clarke temporarily left the field with a recurrence of a long-term back injury, and with Watson missing, reserve wicketkeeper Brad Haddin, who wasn't even in the original touring party, suddenly found himself in charge of the side.

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Immediate drug treatment reduced the likelihood of a repeat seizure in the short term, but over the course of the study both interventions resulted in similar rates of seizure recurrence.

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It was gradually replaced by lumpectomy and whole-breast irradiation after several long-term, randomized trials showed this treatment was as effective as removing the entire breast in preventing cancer recurrence and prolonging survival.

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