therapeutic
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Poppy was taken to Barnet Hospital, where she received therapeutic cooling, a treatment used for newborns with brain injuries.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Levels of the therapeutic protein increased nearly ninefold, while indicators of liver damage and inflammation dropped to near-normal levels.
From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026
For Ms. Romvari, this is an autobiographical, almost nakedly therapeutic drama about the loss of her brother, unpompously ambitious in its hopscotching of time as it searches for scraps of understanding.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Peptide drugs, on the other hand, are manufactured to last longer in the body to create a therapeutic response, such as controlling appetite or promoting the growth of new blood vessels, bone density or muscle.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
The media tend to present each new procedure as though it represented a breakthrough and therapeutic triumph, instead of the makeshift that it really is.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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