Premarin reduces heart disease risk after hysterectomy
An FDA advisory panel concludes Premarin lowers heart disease risk in postmenopausal women who have had their uteri and ovaries removed. Premarin, Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, is an artificial estrogen now approved for menopause symptoms and osteoporosis prevention.
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Food and Drug Administration
Fertility and Maternal Health Drugs Advisory Committee
Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories
Pope meets Mandela and voices sanctions split
In Vatican City Pope John Paul II greeted Nelson Mandela and blessed his anti apartheid goals while not directly supporting sanctions. Vatican spokesman called sanctions a political issue and apartheid an ethical problem for the pope to address.
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Vatican City
John Paul II
Nelson Mandela
Mandela
South Africa
Joaquin Navarro
Vatican
Lizard in Caswell? Florida man cited over runaway pet Gizzard
In Casselberry Florida Gary Locker faced court action after his 312 foot long lizard Gizzard escaped its cage and vanished. The Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission cited him for maintaining wildlife in a manner allowing escape. If convicted he could face 60 days in jail and a $500 fine. Gizzard the golden tegu can reach over 4 feet, run up to 18 mph and swim well.
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Casselberry
Fla
Gizzard
Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
Gary Locker
Locker
John Moran
Florida
Moran
South America
Bo Diddley says Bo Jackson does know diddly on guitar
In Birmingham Bo Diddley joked that Bo Jackson does not know diddly about playing guitar and described the Nike ads as staged. He recalled Jackson failing to play and said the guitarist acted as a stunt man while Diddley teased the athlete about guitar ability.
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Ala
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Sion
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Diddley
Nike
Jackson
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Diddly
Tracy Trend Hits Manhattan Shops With Dick Tracy Gear
Shoppers rushed to Manhattan stores as Tracy themed goods arrived ahead of the Warren Beatty film. Yellow fedoras cost 30 dollars, jackets 115 to 345, and T shirts 14. Bloomingdale’s ran nonstop movie trailers while Madonna songs played, drawing curious crowds and selling out Tracy items.
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Fla
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Mumbles
Glenne Headley
Tess Truehart
New York
Bloomingdale’s
EPA considers ETS link to heart disease in draft report
A draft EPA technical compendium on passive smoking cites 32,000 non smoker heart disease deaths as linked to environmental tobacco smoke. Tobacco Institute and Rep. Bliley allies oppose including the chapter, written by Glantz and Parmley, in its current form. The compendium remains under revision with no release date set, and EPA notes authors’ views do not reflect agency policy.
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New York
Environmental Protection Agency
Associated Press
The
Tobacco Institute
Thomas Bliley
Richmond
Bliley
EPA
Stanton Glantz
William Parmley
Department of Medicine
University of California
San Francisco
Parmley
American College of Cardiology
Elissa Feldman
Glantz
Boston
First Lady Barbara Bush Helps Dedicate MacArthur Center
Mrs. Bush dedicates the Jean MacArthur Research Center at the MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk with praise for Jean MacArthur. The $1.1 million private donation funded expanded library space, archival work, classrooms, and a larger museum theater. 80,000 visitors yearly.
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Norfolk
Mrs. Bush
Mac-Arthur
Douglas Mac-Arthur
Jean
Corregidor
Australia
Japan
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Korea
Truman
MacArthur
Jean MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Museum
FCC tightens rules on dial-a-porn to block minors
Washington AP report notes FCC adopts new federal rules to require credit card payments, access codes or scrambling, notify phone companies, and display charges on bills for dial-a-porn services. Companies must block access unless customers request it, aiming to enforce a 1989 Supreme Court ruling permitting indecent but not obscene messages to consenting adults.
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Federal Communications Commission
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