Recall of blood clotting agent over AIDS infection risk
Armour Pharmaceutical recalls 208 lots of H.T. Factorate used for hemophilia after six Canadian patients testing positive for AIDS while on similar lots. FDA warns U.S. lots processed with the same heat method may also be withdrawn as precaution.
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Washington
Armour Pharmaceutical
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Blue Bell
United States
Canada
Frank Young
U.S
Young
Pennsylvania
Spencer Johnson
Gene defect found across major lung cancer types
New York AP reports scientists find a single genetic deletion common to small cell and non small cell lung cancers. The anti-oncogene loss may trigger cancer growth, with researchers noting widespread evidence across squamous cell, adenocarcinoma and large cell forms.
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New York
Ben Carritt
Medical Research Council
Human Biochemical Genetics
University College
London
Carritt
Charles H.C.M. Buys
State University of Groningen
Netherlands
Nature
Carrill
John Minna
National Cancer Institute
New England Journal of Medicine
Cancer Institute
Berton Zbar
Mr. Minna
Nci-Navy Medical Oncology
The
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda
Minna
Mr. Carritt
the Cancer Institute
Transplants change medicine and public imagination
A retrospective on organ transplants traces their rise from the 1967 Barnard heart operation to current practice. It notes key centers like Stanford and Ottawa, the impact of drugs like cyclosporine, organ donation ethics, infant donor breakthroughs, and advances in artificial hearts and cellular transplants.
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Christiaan Barnard
Louis Washkausky
Cape Town
Barnard
United States
Stanford University
California
Norman Shumway
Stanford Medical Center
Willem van Buuren
San Rafael
Calif
Unite States
Canada
France
Britain
Rado
Toronto
Pittsburgh
Doctors join group practices as solo clinics fade
Dr. Keith Etzenhouser to join a group practice after 24 years solo. AMA and AA Med Colleges data show a sharp shift to group care from 1980 to 1995, with rising student debt, Medicare fee changes, and insurer consolidation pushing doctors toward economies of scale and HMOs. Medicine no longer guarantees riches.
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Keith Etzenhouser
Etzenhouser
American Medical Association
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Canada
Sweden
Japan
American College of Surgeons
U.S
John Lucas
Accord Medical Centers
Colorado
Treatment aids behavior control in Alzheimer's care at NYU
New York University Medical Center researchers say treatment can ease distressing behavioral symptoms of Alzheimer's, helping patients stay at home and avoid institutionalization. Dr. Barry Reisberg notes that while memory loss persists, emotional reactions respond to psychoactive meds, though dosing must be cautious. Delusions of theft arise from memory gaps, increasing caregiver stress and driving families toward care facilities.
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New York University Medical Center
Barry Reisberg
Reisberg
Gaithersburg Apartment Fire Displaces Four Families
An 8:53 a.m. blaze at 429 Westside Drive in Gaithersburg injured four families who were relocated within the complex with aid from the Red Cross. Estimated damage is $125,000. Fire officials say a second alarm was sounded about 10 minutes after detection and the fire was under control just before 11. The cause remains under investigation.
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Gaithersburg
Westside Drive
Red Cross
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