Baby Doctor Honored By Patients In St Helena Parade
St Helena California honored retired physician Dr George W Wood on his 91st birthday after a 61 year career delivering babies at a rate of about one every ten days He presided at 2000 births and 500 former patients returned for the tribute as the town marked the passing of an era.
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ST. Helena
Calif
Reagan
George W. Wood
Lowell Smith
Joe McConnell
KVON
Wood
Napa Valley
Dr. Wood
America
Promise Fades For Experimental Alzheimer's Drug
New research shows limited gains from implanted bethanechol pumps in Alzheimer's patients. In follow up trials with 12 and 10 patients, overall ability scores barely improve and memory or language tests show no clear benefit, while behavioral changes remain only modest. Rita Hayworth is named as a noted patient.
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New York
Robert Harbaugh
Dartmouth- Hitchcock Medical Center
Hanover
N.H
Harbaugh
New York Academy of Sciences
Rita Hayworth
Bethanechol
Robert Wilson
Rush Medical College
Chicago
EPA Backs Bill to Aid State Radon Programs for Three Years
EPA supports a Senate bill authorizing 33 million in grants over three years to help state radon programs. The measure, drafted by Sen. Mitchell, sets federal funding at 75, 60, and 50 percent in successive years with states mustering matching funds. EPA warns radon in homes may cause up to 20 000 lung cancer deaths annually.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
Senate
A. James Barnes
George Mitchell
Dmaine
Environmental Protection Subcommittee
The
Environment and Public Works Committee
Mitchell
John Chafee
R-R.i
Barnes
EPA
Toll Free 800 Numbers Boom in Long Distance Market
Toll free 800 numbers become the fastest growing long distance segment with 500000 numbers and 4.5 billion in revenue. AT&T rivals MCI and Sprint cut prices while AT&T addsReadyline to pair toll free with existing lines and retain vanity numbers.
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Washington
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
MCI Communications Corp
At&T’s
US Sprint Communications Co
Met
Joel Gross
Dean Witter Reynolds
Heckendorn
MCI
Sprint
At&t
William Lockhart
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