Iowa physician seeks volunteers for memory study with nitrous oxide
Dr. Mohamed Ghoneim of the University of Iowa College of Medicine is recruiting 40 volunteers to inhale a 36 percent nitrous oxide concentration and perform memory tests. He notes high public interest and warns about potential abuse by medical staff and others, while the ADA studies long term hazards and miscarriages linked to chronic exposure.
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Department of Anesthesia
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Mohamed Gho
Neim
College of Medicine
Ghoneim
American Dental Association
ADA
Two Iowa Nursing Home Patients Die From Flu
Polk County health director Dr. Julius Conner said two elderly residents, an 88-year-old woman and a 94-year-old man with chronic illnesses, died from influenza. The victims, unnamed, were in a nursing home, marking Iowa’s first flu related deaths of the winter.
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Des Moines
UPI
Polk County
Julius Conner
Conner
Iowa
Teamsters drop bid to unseat AFSCME for Iowa workers
A Teamsters official said the union is giving up its bid to replace AFSCME as the bargaining agent for about 6,500 Iowa state blue collar workers. The PER Board found insufficient signatures for an election and the attorney general will review petition signatures.
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Afscme
State Workers’ Union
Des Moines
Iowa
Public Employee Relations Board
American Federation of State
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Joe Valenti
Teamsters’ Central Conference Public Employee Division
Valenti
PER
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Ray backs 55 mph limit. opposes abolition push
Iowa Governor Robert Ray says he will not abolish the 55 mph national speed limit, despite Andrew Lewis Reagan appointee for transportation secretary advocating states setting their own limits. Ray cites lives and fuel savings and notes ongoing energy shortages and reliance on OPEC oil. He predicts no quick end to the shortage.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Ronald Reagan
Andrew Lewis
Reagan
Senate
Ray
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