Estrogen risks not sway doctors view of therapy
A spot survey of twelve private gynecologists finds reports linking estrogen therapy to endometrial cancer have not altered practice. They stress benefits remain, urge six month exams, and endorse patient participation in benefit risk evaluation. They note endometrial cancer risk rises 5 to 14 times with estrogen use, especially in younger healthy women.
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Frederick H. Berman
San Francisco
Malcolm Margolin
Beverly Hills
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HEW Allows Abortions at 60 Federally Run Hospitals
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare will resume performing abortions in 60 federally operated hospitals including eight Public Health Service hospitals and 51 Indian Health Service facilities. Policy follows 1973 Supreme Court guidelines and permits abortions by demand in the first trimester with restrictions in the second, and protects objecting physicians.
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Richard Nixon
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Harvard team reports artificial gene production in rabbits
Harvard University biochemists announce the artificial creation of a mammalian gene used by rabbits to make hemoglobin. Team members include Allen Maxam Argiris Efstratiadis Fotis Kafatos and Thomas Maniatis. The work aims to understand gene expression in higher organisms.
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Cambridge, Mass
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Thomas Maniatis
Doctor cleared of sex abuse and drug charges in court
The Commonwealth Court reversed a Board of Medicine action revoking Dr. Lloyd Grumbles's license. It found testimony from several witnesses linked to Grumbles insufficient to prove misconduct despite allegations of sexual perversion with patients, hypnosis seduction claims, and concerns about his office.
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Pennsylvania Board of Medical Education and Licensure
Lloyd Grumbles
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Grumbles
Gearhhard Malessa
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