Word: acident
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...designed a drug that was 10 times better than Clozaril?" Mount Sinai's Davis, on the other hand, thinks future schizophrenia drugs might well be based on altogether different chemical-messenger systems. "There is evidence that schizophrenics have abnormalities in two very common neurotransmitters, gaba [gamma-aminobutyric acid] and glutamate," he says. "None of the current drugs do anything for the most incapacitating symptom of schizophrenia, the cognitive deficits. Maybe it's time to get off the dopamine merry-go-round we've been on for 40 years...
...People on DIALYSIS may have a new worry. A study shows that life-spans of patients are reduced about 8% when their machines' plastic filters are routinely sterilized with a common formula, a mixture of peracetic and acetic acid, rather than another cleaner, formaldehyde. One answer is to use new filters (cost: $10 to $75) each time a patient is treated...
...used. For some, this 20% could mean the difference between breathing on their own and having to use a ventilator. Doctors speculate that at high doses, MP no longer acts as a steroid but instead inhibits the breakdown of fats into the dangerous free radicals that are like acid to cell tissues. For basic activities such as breathing, controlling bowel and bladder movements and moving the arms and legs, a person may need only 8% to 10% of the estimated 800,000 spinal-cord nerves. "It's a source of great hope," says New York University's Dr. Wise Young...
...Toss the Tums? The antacids and acid suppressors that ARTHRITIS SUFFERERS routinely down to alleviate the stomach distress caused by aspirin and other anti-inflammatory drugs may help the tummy feel better. But, warn researchers, they may also mask serious disorders like stomach bleeding...
...Perot." The biggest question now, of course, is whether the Texas billionaire, who spent millions of his own cash to get the Party up and running, can stand to have his bluff called. "Perot all along has said, 'This is not about me,'" says Woodbury. "This is the ultimate acid test, whether Perot -- with as big an ego as his -- can stand to have Lamm under the same tent...