Electronic brain monitor tracks ICU patient sleep
A hospital patient in the intensive care unit who suffered a heart attack is studied with a small box like device taped to the head. The card sized monitor, developed from space technology, travels with researchers at a leading brain research center to observe the patient’s sleep patterns using a radio linked system.
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Washington
UCLA Researchers Track Sleep Stages With Passive Transmitter
UCLA Medical School scientists led by Dr. Anthony Kales monitor a sleeping patient with a nonintrusive transmitter to record awake or asleep states and sleep stages. The goal is to map drug effects on sleep architecture and develop a comprehensive pharmacologic pedigree to guide future therapy.
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University of California At Los Angeles Medical School
Ucla Sleep Laboratory
Anthony Kales
Kales
Sleep and drug effects on REM in heart and mental illness patients
Sleep studies show heart patients in ICUs often endure poor sleep with REM stages linked to heart stress and pain patterns. Researchers note drugs alter REM and rebound on discontinuation, suggesting careful use to aid angina and ulcers while exploring REM’s role in depression and psychotic mood disorders.
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Kales
Frederick Snyder
National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda
Snyder
Nixon aides foresee limited future U S offensive drives in Vietnam
Administration sources say U S forces will not take part in large offensives like the Laos operation. Hanoi is deemed crippled, reducing need for large missions for about a year and a half. Nixon plans troop withdrawals at 12 500 monthly or faster with no final rate set.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Nixon orders military hospitals to follow state abortion laws
President Nixon directed the Pentagon to revoke a liberal military hospital abortion policy. A White House spokesman said the 1970 policy, issued July 31, was struck down so hospitals comply with local state laws. The President, a Quaker, opposes abortion on grounds of sanctity of life.
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San Clemente
Calif
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