bipolar disorder, and irritable bowel syndrome. She was a chronic smoker of 10 cigarettes per day, on a 30-pack-year history. She denied weight loss, anorexia, dyspnoea, symptoms of obstructive sleep apnoea, symptoms of hyperviscosity, and erythromelalgia.

She had been on tibolone intermittently for over 12 years to treat perimenopausal symptoms. However, she had been regularly taking tibolone 2.5 mg daily for at least 12 months prior to this presentation. Her other medications included nifedipine, reboxetine, and escitalopram, but her adherence to these medications was variable.

On physical examination, the patient appeared mildly flushed but without a ruddy complexion. Her blood pressure was raised to 157/104. Her respiratory examination was normal, and her oxygen saturation was 97% in room air. She weighed 60 kg, and her body mass index was 23. There wasCommentary and analysis on American politics, culture, and national identity, U.S. foreign policy and international relations, and the state of education
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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Eight years after being nominated for vice president at an exuberant Democratic convention, Joe Lieberman describes himself as so estranged from the party over the Iraq war and national security policy that he is committed to siding with Senate Democrats only "for now" as he campaigns for Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

In an interview in his Capitol Hill office, the Connecticut senator tapped by Al Gore as a running mate in 2000 says he hopes to persuade disaffected supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton to back McCain. He's prepared to