Liver disease from alcohol more severe in women
CHICAGO UP I A report to the Midwest Clinical Conference shows liver disease from heavy drinking occurs more often in women than men. Dr Martin A Swerdlow cites that the average progression is ten to fifteen years, rarely less than five in women, with damage possible after five years of abuse. He notes genetics and metabolism affect susceptibility, estimating about one third of heavy drinkers develop liver disease and about one third of those progress to cirrhosis.
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Chicago
UPI
Michael Reese Hospital
Martin A. Swerdlow
Midwest Clinical Conference
Chicago Medical Society
Swerdlow
Israeli Army Captures PLO Guerrillas in Lebanon
Israeli forces move to seize a six mile wide strip of Lebanon as captured guerrillas are marched into Israel. The prisoners, mostly in their 20s, are blindfolded and bound. an officer says they are not soldiers and thus not POWs. Shelling targets Palestinian bases as tanks advance.
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Metulla
Israel
UPI
Lebanon
PLO
Palestine Liberation Organization
Rattlesnake bite case upholds store duty ruling
In Austin Texas the Texas Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision finding Gibson's department store was not required to take precautions against snakes. Gerald Overstreet of Del Rio was bitten on the leg by a 4 foot 8 inch rattlesnake after it struck from a grocery display and he spent 10 days hospitalized in San Antonio in October 1974. A store employee killed the snake with a shovel.
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Austin, Texas
UPI
Gerald Chiton Overstreet
Texas Supreme Court
Gibson’s Department Store
Overstreet
del Rio
San Antonio
State House supports health finance agency plan
The Ohio House voted 73 to 20 to create a Department of Health Finance and Planning moving Medicaid from welfare to the new agency and health planning from the health department. Senate action expected. The measure aims to unify health programs into a state plan for the future amid cost concerns. A separate bill to tighten telephone harassment laws passed House approval, with stiffer penalties for first and repeat offenses. Senate may adopt.
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Columbus
House
Department of Health Finance and Planning
Welfare Department
Health Department
Senate
Edward J. Hughes
D-Mentor
Hughes
Larry H. Christman
Englewood
Alan E. Norris
R-Westerville
Norris
Department of State
Christman
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ST. Elyria
House Oks Health Agency
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