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• Fetal Eye Cells Improve Sight Of Legally Blind

  November 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Transplanted fetal eye cells have partially restored the vision of four legally blind patients, an eye researcher reports. The patients suffer from retinitis pigmentosa, one of the major causes of …

• Protein In Brain Linked To Suicides Serotonin Level Lower In Those At High Risk, Research Shows

  November 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Abnormal levels of a key brain chemical may predispose depressed people to commit suicide, and measuring levels of this chemical may enable doctors to identify those most likely to take …

• Diet Protein Could Be Linked To Diabetes

  November 15, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A11 A natural protein that some hoped would be a “magic bullet” for weight control may have a dark and dangerous side. New research links the compound with diabetes. The protein, …

• Flawed Gene May Be Cause Of Parkinson’s

  November 15, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A11 Researchers say they have found the first laboratory evidence that a flawed gene is linked to Parkinson’s disease, a progressive brain disorder that affects a half-million Americans. A mutation was …

• Strep Throat Linked To Obsessive Behavior

  November 15, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A11 Strep throat might trigger some childhood cases of obsessive-compulsive disorder, suggesting penicillin could help some kids with the psychiatric condition, a researcher says. People with obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, have …

• Study: Quake Can Spark Heart Attack But In Days After Quake, Heart Failure Rates Below Normal

  November 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A14 It is indeed possible to be frightened to death, researchers said Wednesday at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association. On the day in 1994 when a major earthquake …

• New Drug Betters Aspirin As Blood Thinner

  November 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A14 The biggest study of a new drug ever conducted - involving more than 19,000 people in 16 countries - found that an experimental blood thinner works a little better than …

• Heart Surgery Without The Pain New Technique Uses Small Incision Instead Of Splitting Open The Chest

  November 12, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Coronary bypass patients recover faster, have lower hospital bills and suffer much less pain if doctors fix their hearts through a tiny slit in the chest instead of splitting open …

• Women With Healthiest Bones Have Higher Breast Cancer Risk

  November 6, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 A study of 6,854 white women aged 65 or older found that those who had the strongest, healthiest bones and thus were at the lowest risk of getting osteoporosis - …

• Scientists Find Gene Behind Migraine

  November 6, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 For the first time, scientists have discovered a gene that causes a type of migraine headache. An international scientific team has announced the discovery. Eventually, the discovery might allow doctors …

• As Genetic Testing Grows, So Do Concerns Study Says Individuals Discriminated Against Based On Information From Such Tests

  October 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Even as evidence of discrimination based on individuals’ genetic makeups arises, a company announced Thursday that it soon will sell the most comprehensive genetic test yet to predict breast cancer. …

• Discrimination Blamed For Higher Blood Pressure

  October 24, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A9 Offering an explanation for elevated blood pressure among many black Americans, a new study suggests racial discrimination and how it is handled may account for the disparity. Blacks who typically …

• Hormone Kills Cancer Tumors Scientists Say Injections Cause Cells To Kill Themselves

  October 24, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 The chance discovery that some pregnant lab mice are resistant to Kaposi’s sarcoma, a form of cancer seen almost exclusively among AIDS patients, has yielded a promising new treatment for …

• Scientists Find Link To Mad Cow Disease

  October 24, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 British scientists say they’ve found a chemical signature of mad cow disease in the brains of people with a human brain-wasting illness, adding to evidence that the people got sick …

• Heart Attack Treatments End In Tie Research Finds Equal Success With Drugs And Angioplasty

  October 24, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 A large head-to-head comparison of angioplasty and clot-dissolving drugs for heart attack victims has ended in a draw. The study, performed on more than 3,000 patients, found no difference in …

• Three New Drugs Effective Against Rheumatoid Arthritis

  October 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 Three new genetically engineered drugs show promise for treating, even halting, the crippling and painful effects of rheumatoid arthritis, say doctors meeting in Florida. The studies are to be presented …

• Common Cold Virus May Kill Cancer Research Lab Sees Promise In Infecting Cancer Cells With Virus

  October 18, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Can the virus that causes the common cold also cure cancer? A company that has exploited an odd link between the mildest and the most serious of diseases hopes the …

• Needle Exchange Study To Be Reviewed

  October 18, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A11 The National Institutes of Health said that it would review a needle exchange study it had agreed to sponsor in Alaska after a consumer health group charged that the research …

• Is Homosexuality Inherited? 1993 Gay Gene Discovery Intensifies Search For Origins Of Gayness

  October 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 Roger Gorski, a neurobiologist from the University of California at Los Angeles, recalls when he recently spoke at a seminar for Mormon parents of gay children in Salt Lake City: …

• After Marathon Wait, Runners Find Home

  October 11, 1996 in Sports on Page C5 Everyone has his own reason for participating in the renewal of the Spokane Marathon on Oct. 19. “A lot of them are doing it because Spokane is having a race …

• Drug-Induced Abortion Method To Be Tested

  September 12, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 The Planned Parenthood Federation of America will offer drug-induced abortions in an experimental program beginning this month. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the program as part of a …

• Oxygen-Rich Liquid Helps Preemies Technique Involves Filling Babies’ Lungs With Fluid

  September 12, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 Doctors can rescue critically ill premature babies from almost certain death by filling their feeble, underdeveloped lungs with oxygen-rich liquid for a few days to restore their breathing. The babies …

• Learning Problems, Pcbs Linked Children Exposed Before Birth More Likely To Have Lower Iqs

  September 12, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 Children exposed before birth to PCBs are more likely to have trouble reading when they reach school age, a study found. A variety of research previously found that PCBs, a …

• Risk Of Stroke Small, But Higher After Childbirth

  September 12, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 A woman’s risk of stroke doubles - but still is extremely small - during the six weeks after she delivers a baby, a study has found. Doctors long have noticed …

• Women Suffer Adverse Effects Of Lead Exposure Federal Study Documents Health Problems Of Female Employees Of Bunker Hill Mine

  September 12, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Women who worked at the Bunker Hill Mine in the 1970s now start menopause early and are more likely to have dangerously brittle bones. Those women also report more cases …

• Scientists Discover Gene Required To Develop Normal Breathing Finding May Lead To Understanding Of Breathing Disorders, Sids

  September 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Scientists have identified a gene required for development of normal breathing, which could lead to better understanding of respiratory problems such as sleep apnea and sudden infant death syndrome. Researchers …

• Prostate Drug Found To Be Almost Worthless Hytrin Beats Proscar In High-Stakes Prostate Drug Comparison

  August 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 The first head-to-head comparison of the nation’s two most popular medicines for prostate trouble found that one gives significant relief while the other is virtually worthless. The two medicines, Hytrin …

• Estrogen Pills Lower Women’s Risk To Get Alzheimer’s Disease

  August 16, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Women who take estrogen supplements to reduce the symptoms of menopause may gain an added benefit, new research suggests: a lowered risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease. In the most convincing …

• Unfaithfulness, Cervical Cancer Tied Men With Many Sexual Partners Carry Home Cancer-Linked Virus

  August 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Unfaithful husbands may give their wives cancer. That’s the conclusion of a study that found women are five to 11 times more likely to develop cervical cancer if their men …

• Study Ties Breast Milk To Fewer Infections

  August 4, 1996 in Features on Page E7 Pediatricians know that the best formula for a baby is mother’s milk. But new, carefully designed studies have suggested that breast milk is not only better but almost twice as …

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