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Clinicians have also achieved some success against a lung ailment called Mycobacterium avium complex, which mimics tuberculosis. "MAC is difficult to treat," says Dr. Mathilde Krim, chairman of AmFAR. "It is considered a bad omen and is usually terminal." This past December the Food and Drug Administration approved rifabutin for protection against MAC. According to clinical trials sponsored by AmFAR, the drug cuts the chance of developing...
...WANT TO MEET SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LES ASPIN, take a number. According to a recent procedural memo (circulated before Aspin fell ill from a heart ailment), Pentagon officials have to cut through a lot of red tape to get a face-to-face with Aspin. The process: 1) fill out an "initial schedule bid." If Aspin approves, 2) complete an "amended schedule proposal format." And finally 3a) meet with Aspin -- unless he doesn't like your final proposal, in which case 3b) you return to Step...
...most. "It must be strongly emphasized," writes a group of Harvard immunologists, "that this study does not demonstrate efficacy." Even so, the news brought a bit of hope to sufferers of a disease that brings mostly despair. The scientists are working on a treatment for multiple sclerosis, the nerve ailment that robs victims of muscle control and, too often, life itself...
Minichiello said the ailment was best treated by bed rest, frequent fluid intake and Tylenol for fevers and achiness...
Another student rumor--that a student can "sick out" of an exam by claiming to have a mental health problem, as opposed to a physical ailment like a stomach ache or headache--is true, said Catlin...