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• Whey May Block Aids Infection

  January 31, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 A. Robert Neurath holds a chart Tuesday showing how HIV is halted. Photo by Associated Press

• Electricity Key To New Cavity Finder

  January 31, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Scientists may have found a better way for your dentist to look for cavities. It involves passing an electric current through a tooth and all the way down your arm. …

• Common Female Infection Linked To Premature Births Condition Affects Up To One-Fourth Of Pregnant Women

  December 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 An extremely common, easy-to-cure female infection is responsible for about 6 percent of all premature births, making it a major underlying cause of infant mortality, researchers say.

• Another Reason To Drink Wine Found

  December 22, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Just in time for the holiday weekend, medical researchers are reporting an experiment showing another health benefit of wine: its superior ability to kill off illness-causing bacteria in food. Writing …

• New Aids Drug Shows Hope For Hepatitis B

  December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A9 A medicine approved last month to treat AIDS also shows promise against hepatitis B. The drug, 3TC, suppresses the hepatitis B virus in people with chronic infections, stopping its damage …

• Second Breast Cancer Gene Identified

  December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A9 An international team of scientists has identified a second major breastcancer gene that makes some women highly likely to get the disease. In families with a strong history of breast …

• Study: Popular Snuff Brands Have Highest Nicotine Levels

  December 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 Of the five best-selling brands of snuff, the most popular have the highest content of nicotine and cancercausing chemicals, researchers say. A study to be published today in the Journal …

• Coffee May Cut Chance Of Conception

  December 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Women trying to get pregnant may be able to improve their chances by cutting back on the coffee, a study suggests. The Johns Hopkins University study found that women who …

• Man Gets Baboon Marrow Experimental Surgery Could Save Or Kill Aids Patient

  December 15, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Jeff Getty

• Anti-Cocaine Vaccine Developed

  December 14, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A18 Scientists have developed an experimental cocaine vaccine that blocks the drug’s powerfully seductive “high” by spawning antibodies that mop up drug particles in the bloodstream before they reach the brain. …

• Enzyme Prevents Stroke Disability Scientists Develop First Emergency Therapy

  December 14, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Neuroscientists report they have developed the first effective emergency therapy for stroke, an advance that could prevent as many as 44,000 Americans from becoming disabled each year. The treatment involves …

• Approval Urged For Ulcer Antibiotic Government Scientists Favor Drug That Will Kill Bacteria

  December 14, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A18 In a move that could change the way millions of ulcer sufferers are treated, government scientists urged approval Wednesday of the first antibiotic therapy to kill the bacteria behind the …

• Timing Is Everything In Fertility Research Finds Six-Day Window Each Month For Conception

  December 7, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A15 Couples trying to conceive a baby have only six days a month of reliable fertility, a narrower window of opportunity than previously thought, a new study shows. And contrary to …

• Eating Higher-Fat Fish Lowers Heart Disease Risk

  November 29, 1995 in Food on Page F7 Some of the latest big nutrition news - that eating fatty fish once a week lowers heart disease risks - arrived hard on the heels of a recent study that …

• Drug Uses Fat To Fight Fatal Fungal Infection

  November 22, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new product that uses microscopic fat bubbles to fight a frequently fatal fungal infection. Aspergillosis is a systemic fungal infection that devastates …

• Infants’ Breathing Pattern May Identify Their Risk Of Dying From Sids

  November 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A16 Some babies who succumb to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome show abnormal breathing patterns in their first few days or months, researchers reported Wednesday. The finding might one day be used …

• New Spread Reduces Cholesterol Scientific Margarine Tastes Good, Researchers Claim

  November 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A16 Finnish researchers whipped up a batch of margarine that lowers cholesterol levels and even tastes good. The new scientific spread, developed by a team from the University of Helsinki in …

• Heart Disease In Women Often Missed

  November 15, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Women survive heart disease just as well as men if they get equivalent treatment, but all too often doctors fail to diagnose heart disease in female patients, researchers reported Tuesday …

• Brain Scan Captures Misfiring Treatment Of Schizophrenics Could Improve With Imaging

  November 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 Like modern-day Magellans mapping the landscape of madness, scientists reported Wednesday the first successful imaging of the hallucinating brains of schizophrenic patients. The feat, a technical tour de force, may …

• Progress Noted Against Alzheimer’s

  November 7, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 The discoverer of a genetic trait linked to Alzheimer’s says he has figured out how it causes the disease - by weakening the microscopic “plumbing” that carries nutrients to brain …

• Aids Drug 3tc Endorsed By Fda Advisory Panel

  November 7, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 The drug 3TC should be approved as the first new initial therapy to treat AIDS since the original AIDS drug AZT, scientific advisers told the Food and Drug Administration on …

• Banned Tranquilizer Helps Aids Patients Associated Press

  November 1, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A14 Thalidomide, the tranquilizer banned worldwide for causing severe birth defects, heals the severe mouth ulcers that plague AIDS patients, the National Institutes of Health announced Tuesday. The NIH found thalidomide …

• Fda Panel Backs Device That Microwaves Prostates

  October 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 A device that literally microwaves enlarged prostates may relieve symptoms better than drugs and clearly is safer than surgery for the condition that hits millions of aging men, government scientists …

• Fda Approves Laser System That Zaps Nearsightedness

  October 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 The Food and Drug Administration approved the nation’s first laser to correct nearsightedness Friday but warned Americans to be cautious in deciding to get their eyes zapped because the device …

• Mice Testicles Aid In Lab Transplants

  October 19, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 A substance found in rodent testicles may hold the key to preventing the rejection of transplanted organs, researchers said Wednesday. A research team at the University of Colorado Health Sciences …

• For The Elderly, Being Too Thin Can Be Risky Study Of People Over 70 Finds A Little Extra Weight Is Ok

  October 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 Being slightly overweight poses little risk for men and women over 70 - it’s being thinner than normal that can be dangerous, a study found. Using a formula based on …

• Breakthrough Reported In Aids Research

  October 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 A scientist says he has succeeded in causing AIDS in monkeys with a virus more closely resembling the one that infects people - a development that overcomes one obstacle to …

• High Fat Diet May Blind You, Study Shows

  October 11, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A diet rich in saturated fat and cholesterol may increase the risk of one common cause of blindness, while healthy eating appears to lower the risk of another - cataracts, …

• Transplant Raises Hope For Diabetes Cure Insulin-Producing Cells Successfully Inserted Into Diabetic Mice

  October 10, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 In what may be a step toward curing diabetes, researchers report successfully transplanting insulin-producing cells between unrelated mice by tricking the immune system into accepting the foreign tissue. Dr. Aldo …

• Your Anger May Damage Your Heart

  October 9, 1995 in Features on Page C1 In the 1980s, doctors often suggested that waving your anger like a flag was good for the head and cleansing for the soul. Now, though, the advice is changing: Some …

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