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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1987
Page
10
The United States moves to dispatch minesweepers as warships escort Kuwaiti tankers amid continued mine threats in the Gulf. Kuwait’s Bridgeton shuttle aims to resume crude oil shipments despite hull damage and mine risks.
The article discusses in vitro fertilization and gamete intrafallopian transfer at the University of Iowa Hospitals opening mid August with about 15 staff including four physicians. Birth success rates run 18 to 20 percent per attempt, with couples facing social stigma and calls for better understanding from the public. Kathy Dirks of Cedar Rapids highlights personal trials and RESOLVE support groups.
Doctors at the University of Iowa IVF clinic outline criteria including tubal absence or refusal to respond to fertility treatments, unexplained infertility, good health, and married status. Preferred age under 40, with older women considered. costs up to 5000 per attempt. coverage skepticism from Blue Cross Iowa. Catholic Church cautions on IVF. Dr Syrop, alumnus of UI College of Medicine, expresses eagerness to start and shares poignant infertility experiences.
Physicians Dr. Charles Riggs and Dr. Martin Wiesenfeld confront advocates like Wiewel who argue unorthodox cancer treatments promise life or cures. They warn about harm, cost, and forgoing proven therapies while defending rational testing and FDA oversight amid claims of a medical conspiracy.
An Iowa man, Sopcak, claims to mail hundreds of bottles of a dark liquid labeled Cancell to cancer patients nationwide. Medical experts call the product hokum and warn it harms patients by discouraging proven treatments.
Radio Lumiere quotes Port-de-Paix correspondent as 235 killed with 100 plus wounded. Jean Rabel reports show no telephones and roadblocks impede hospital help. Macoutes disbanded but critics say some integrated into army or freed in countryside amid drought and land conflict.
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