Joseph has told hundreds of Dr. Midei's patients that they did not need the expensive and potentially dangerous stents that the doctor inserted because their arteries were not as obstructed as he had claimed.
The original ads aren't so much blocked as obstructed as the underlying ads still get served, resulting in publishers still getting paid.
The experts were blinded to clinical information and had prospectively and independently rated each kidney as obstructed, equivocal, or non-obstructed; a consensus reading was subsequently obtained by resolving the differences of expert readings.
The database consisted of 95 patient studies (55 males and 40 females with a mean age of 58.6 years, SD = 16.5) and contained 185 kidneys classified by RENEX and three experts as obstructed, equivocal, or non-obstructed.
RENEX analyzed the 95 patient studies based on quantitative parameters automatically extracted from baseline and furosemide acquisitions [20, 21] and used clinically validated optimal cut-off points to classify a kidney as obstructed, equivocal, or non-obstructed.
The statute of 1917, punishes conspiracies to obstruct, as well as actual obstruction.
Will senators be seen as taking a principled stand, or as obstructing the legislative process?
In addition, some voters might view Mr. Cuomo as obstructing New York's chance to elect its first black governor.
Members of Congress rarely object because they don't want to be seen as obstructing legal surveillance.
A look at what qualifies as obstructing justice, and whether the accusations against President Trump could fit in that definition.
"If Democrats are seen as obstructing that process, that could be a significant problem for them politically," said Christine Iverson, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee.
