Soap Opera Honors Late Kidney Disease Patient
A 21 year old dialysis patient Jodi Butler died and a Days of Our Lives writer named a new character Jodi Butler in a tribute. The nurse character appears with a doctor as family mourns Kurt and Jodi. Mrs Butler recalls mailing Jodi’s letter exposing dialysis dialogue and celebrating her academic veterinary science goals.
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Salt Lake City
Jodi Butler
NBC
Jodi
Brigham Young University
University of Utah Health Sciences Center
Janet Butler
Kurt
Los Angeles
Butler
Janet
Lavar
Mike Horton
Synthetic Fat Faces Public Skepticism and FDA Hurdles
Two firms claim cholesterol-free fat substitutes with Simplesse and olestra, but face public skepticism and FDA approval questions. NutraSweet and Monsanto tout natural ingredients and calorie cuts, but critics cite safety data concerns and marketing challenges. Stock movements reflect investor attention as products may hit markets in 12 to 18 months.
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New York
NutraSweet Co
Simplesse
Food and Drug Administration
Procter & Gamble Co
Olestra
David Williams
New England Consulting Group
Westport
Conn
Procter & Gamble
Center For the Science In the Public Interest
FDA
P&g
Theodore Semegran
Shearson Lehman Brothers Inc
Monsanto
Consolidated New York Stock Exchange
Robert Shapiro
NutraSweet
Let Them March To Their Own Drummer Dear Ann Landers
A reader asks about lesbians facing heterosexual pressure to change and asserts lifelong same-sex partnership. Ann supports education, notes lesbians report stable, faithful relationships, and mentions AIDS absence among their circle. A companion query worries about spouses on incentive trips. suggests collective male resistance. A question on organ donation costs is answered: recipients pay. donors’ gifts exempt.
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Ann Landers
Philadelphia
Bruises and pseudogout questions in older adults
A 74 year old woman asks about easy bruising and the aging process. Senile purpura is due to weaker capillary support, with platelets possibly contributing. doctors should rule out platelet deficiencies. Pseudogout mimics gout but involves calcium pyrophosphate crystals. treatment may include cortisone injections or indomethacin and ensuring vitamin D plus calcium absorption.
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DR. Donohue
E.S
K.H
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