Encouraging Drug For Parkinsons Fight Could Reach Patients Soon
Dr. John J. Burns of Holiman LaRoche said limited release of a new drug for Parkinson’s may begin by early summer after accumulating enough evidence for FDA approval. Amantadine chloride shows 66 percent improvement in about 200 patients, with cost and side effects discussed by researchers from Harvard and Minnesota. The government and NIH hail it as a potential major breakthrough, while experts caution about long term effects and safety monitoring.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
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Harvard
Journal of the American Medical Association
Schwab
National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke
Institute
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Sion
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Expe
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Cotzins
Cornell
Columbia
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Thwestern
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A. B. Baker
University of Minnesota Hospital
Minnecapolis
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Amon
College leaders split on peace and dissent abroad
Gen Westmoreland urged armed peace as the path to international stability during cadet ceremonies at Virginia Tech. Harvard's Galbraith defended campus demonstrators at Assumption College. David Kennedy, at Weber State, urged distinguishing dissent from disorder and hinted at tax policy shifts. Stans urged constructive reform without destruction at Grave City College.
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Virginia Tech
Blauksburg
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Assumption College
Worcester
Mass
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Weber State College
Ogden
Utah
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Washington
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Commerce
Maurice J. Stans
Caday
New J England
Butler
Germany
Stats
Grave City College
Penn Taylvania
Doctors Hit AMA Over Drug Industry Ties
Testifying by written statements to a Senate committee, a physician critic argues the American Medical Association defends and profits from drug advertising and sales practices. He condemns drug detail men and urges a ban to curb influence, calling current education distorted and costly for the industry.
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Communists Prepare for War Amid Border Tensions
Brezhnev cites Mao era talk of atomic holocaust as China and the Soviet Union clash over border provocations. Moscow notes Chinese statements as not constructive while predicting future moves on talks and possible conflict.
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Peking Kung Ming Jih Pao
Soviet Union
Brezhnev
Mao Tse-tung
Chinese People’s Republic
Soldiers Sentenced In Mutiny Case At Fort Ord Californ ia
A 14‑man mutiny case at Fort Ord San Francisco presided by Army judge advocate general saw sentences ranging from three months to six years for 12 convicted. Eleven others received varied sentences after a 37‑day trial linked to a sit‑down protest at the San Francisco Presidio stockade in October. Verdicts labeled as mutiny and related charges followed protests over overcrowded conditions and sanitation. One Vietnam veteran was among the convicted.
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Alabama Woman Dies In Crash Near Bishopville
Mrs Wayne Jefferson 27 of Troy Alabama was killed when the car she rode in collided with a truck at Mims crossroads near Bishopville Friday night.
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S.C
Wayne Jefferson
Troy
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Mims Crossroads
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