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Too Soon to Breathe Easy?

Some doctors hail it as a major breakthrough that offers hope to many

of the nation's 37 million sinusitis sufferers. A new procedure opens

the sinuses without invasive surgery, allowing patients to breathe

easier and resume normal activity within a day.

for The New York Times

Dr. A. Stankiewicz, a sinus specialist at Loyola University

Health System, demonstrates balloon sinuplasty.

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Graphic: A Procedure With Promise, but No Proof

Graphic: Promoting a New Treatment

The procedure, called balloon sinuplasty, can cost thousands of

dollars and has been performed on about 500 patients since November

2004. It has received glowing coverage in local and national news

media. Doctors like to tell patients they are the first in their area

to offer the procedure...

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/04/business/04sinus.html?

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