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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jul 08, 1977

Page

3

Ohio House approves Laetrile sale bill in relief effort

The Ohio House passed a bill to legalize over-the-counter Laetrile sales in Ohio and sent it to the state senate. Eleven states have legalized Laetrile, but FDA bans interstate sales due to lack of proven cancer treatment value. An amendment removed doctor prescription requirements and requires labeling warning that Amygdalin is not recommended by the Ohio State Medical Association and may be harmful.

Columbus Ohio Ohio House U.S. Food and Drug Administration House Ohio State Medical Association Doctors’ Organization Sacramento Assembly Health Committee California William Campbell Senate Gov Brown Mohammed Shafii University of Louisville School of Medicine Shafii Shafie Chicago Rudolph Ballentine Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy Glenview Institute Charles Bates Minneapolis-St. Paul Bates

Assembly weighs Laetrile legality in California

California lawmakers set an August 8 hearing on SB 245 to legalize Laetrile therapy, with assembly action pending after Senate approval. The bill would aside current restrictions, require informed consent, and urge physicians to discuss standard cancer treatments, amid a contentious national debate and mixed expert views.

Bullet travels artery from heart to groin in Chesapeake man

Virginia Beach report says surgeons found a bullet that pierced Robert E. Cuthbckl III, 25, of Chesapeake, first in the heart then traveling down an artery to the groin after a July 4 picnic shooting. Doctors removed the bullet and noted the rare path.

Virginia Beach Mansur Rahnema Sur Geon Bayside Hospital Robert E. Cuthbckl Chesapeake Rahnema

Siamese twin girls separated at Children's Hospital

In Washington AP report, two month old Siamese twins from Italy, joined from breastbone to pelvis with two heads and four arms, were successfully separated in a 10 hour operation led by Dr. Judson G. Randolph. Both remain in ICU with wound issues but are near normal for pelvic function and weigh about eight pounds each.

Washington Children’s Hospital Judson G. Randolph Italy Randolph

Aspirin and acetaminophen faces tougher FDA labeling

Federal advisory panel says nonprescription pain relievers are safe but require stronger warnings. It urges removing arthritis or rheumatism relief claims from aspirin labels and requires acetaminophen labels to warn of potential liver damage with excess dosing. Recommendations follow a four year study of OTC analgesics and a 1200 page report.

Warren E. Leary Washington Food and Drug Administration FDA J. Weldon Bellville

Experimental implants and OTC pain label reforms noted

A report outlines attempts to implant drug polymers that release medicine as they biodegrade, alongside a 1975 U S spending figure of 720 million dollars on nonprescription analgesics. The FDA panel urges clearer labels, warns against aspirin near late pregnancy, ringing ears, stomach distress, and drug interactions, while endorsing acetaminophen as effective though not safer than aspirin. The Proprietary Association opposes reducing label information.

University of California Bellville FDA Donald Kennedy Kennedy Apenas Aeomedy Proprietary

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