Overseas AIDS studies deemed unethical by watchdog group
A U S medical watchdog claims nine studies in developing nations are unethical for denying AZT to some HIV infected pregnant women. The three part AZT regimen can cut mother to child transmission, but is costly and scarce in Africa where the trials occur. Sidney Wolfe of Public Citizen condemns the research.
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Washington Post
Washington
U.S
Developing World
West
Central Africa
Sidney Wolfe
Public Citizen Health Research Group
Cholesterol levels high among women in Heart study
Forty seven percent of women studied took cholesterol lowering medicine while 63 percent exceeded 1988 National Cholesterol Education Program standards. The 1993 standards are stricter. The study spans postmenopausal women aged 44 to 79 in the Heart and Estrogen Progestin Replacement trial funded by Wyeth Ayerst.
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Schrott
Wyeth-Ayerst
Dean Ornish
Ornish
Newborn Found At East Entrance Of Central Community Hospital
A full term baby is cleaned and monitored for 72 hours after being brought to an east entrance less used by the public. DHS, law enforcement, and Clayton County officials will locate the mother or family. If not found, parental rights may be terminated and the child placed for adoption in three to six months.
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Surom
Stephanie
Melanie Tietz
DHS
Decorah
Tietz
Berger
Clayton County Sheriffs Department
Division of Criminal Investigation
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