Chicago firm bans smoking at work and home sparks debate
USG Acoustical Products plans a 1,300 worker smoking ban extending to off duty time, citing health concerns at nine plants across eight states. Lawyers question legality while company emphasizes a plant-only policy and a six to eight week stop smoking program.
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Chicago
Paul Colitti
USG Acoustical Products
USG Corp
Marvin Gittler
Kathleen Taylor
American Civil Liberties Union
Seattle
Colitti
USG
Bill Matten
Cloquet
Minn
Gypsum
Ohio
Wabash
Ind
Walworth
Wis
Red Wing
Tacoma
Wash
Greenville
Miss
Birmingham
Ala
Corsicana
Texas
First U S Study Of Experimental AIDS Drugs Planned
Two physicians at St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles received FDA approval to start the nations first study on a ribavirin and thymopentin drug combo to treat 30 men with AIDS. Over 16 weeks patients will undergo interviews exams and blood tests as researchers record outcomes.
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Los Angeles
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Michael Scolaro
St. Vincent Medical Center
Nancy Miron
Scolaro
Peter Kennedy
St. Vincent's
Mexico
Martin Finn
County Department of Health Services
United States
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
Drugs fail to reach heart failure patients in US
Monterey California AP report cites researcher claims only a few congestive heart failure victims receive lifesaving meds. Lipicky of FDA says drugs can be prescribed but not approved for heart failure, pending evidence of efficacy. Study notes potential life extension but lack of incentives and promotional channels. Wyeth ISDN pending. hydralazine approval absent.
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Monterey
Calif
Raymond Lipicky
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Heart and Kidney Drugs
Lipicky
FDA
Jay N. Cohn
University of Minnesota Medical School
Wyeth Laboratories
Cohn
American Heart Association
New England Journal of Medicine
William Parmley
American College of Cardiology
Squeeze vests offer hope in cardiac arrest
Monterey California AP reports computer controlled inflatable vests may save lives in cardiac arrest by delivering uniform chest pressure, improving blood flow while reducing injury. Johns Hopkins researchers tested on animals and brain dead humans. five years more redesign and testing are planned before paramedics could use the device.
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Monterey
Calif
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins
Halperin
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