Diet drug linked to brain changes study says
A Johns Hopkins neurologist reports monkey tests show serotonin altering brain changes after exposure to the diet drug dexfenfluramine, warning of possible human brain injury while another expert disputes brain damage. The study, to be published in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, notes reduced serotonin in a brain region. Interneuron Pharmaceuticals reports FDA review of 18 studies and broad European use.
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Hopkins
Ricaurte
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Wurtman
Interneuron Pharmaceuticals Inc
Lexington
Mass
Food and Drug Administration
William Boni
Interneuron
Phasing out foreign aid predicted in Europe and Russia
Washington AP reports the United States may begin phasing out aid to some East European and former Soviet states. Deputy Secretary Strobe Talbott cited Czech Republic as first to graduate from aid programs, with Estonia and Slovenia possible follows. Poland Hungary and Russia also discussed. Rep. Dave Obey warned against optimistic promises and urged credible budgeting for aid levels, noting concerns about consultants benefiting more than recipient nations.
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Strobe Talbott
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D-Wis
Appropriations Committee
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Lawmakers reap windfall from health care lobby
In the 1994 election cycle Ways and Means health subcommittee members collected about 579 352 dollars in health care and insurance donations, a near threefold rise from the prior cycle. Donations surged as Clinton health care reform moved through Congress with fundraisers and access aimed at influencing legislation.
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Gerald Kleczka
D-Wis
Johnson
Farmington Country Club
John Carson
American Pediatric Medical Association
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