Word: anemia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...veins of the bowel, where the female lays innumerable eggs every day, sometimes for years. Many eggs are swept into the liver and other organs. They cause irritation and scarring in the liver (which leads to enlargement of the spleen), intestinal damage, bleeding from the esophagus, stunting of growth, anemia and blood in the urine. Though surgery to remove the spleen gives the patient some relief, it does not eliminate the flukes, which go right on laying eggs...
...response to an invitation implicit in a 1966 message to Congress by Lyndon Johnson: "Our nation has no better ambassadors than the young volunteers who serve in the Peace Corps. I propose that we welcome similar ambassadors to our shores." With domestic poverty programs already showing signs of anemia, the transfusion should be beneficial...
Lynn was a cheerful child from the beginning ("In my childhood I remember only things like sunny days"), though it wasn't always easy to see why. She developed acute anemia and was so weak that she went to the park in a wheelchair until she was six. She remembers Vanessa as "simply smashing," Corin as "incredibly brilliant," and her mother as "the mother of all the mothers...
...four weeks-to 226 people who had no ulcers or any other "stomach trouble." All but nine suffered at least minor bleeding from their stomach walls into the intestines, and in 150 it was substantial. In The Netherlands, three doctors have just reported five cases of generalized anemia (deficiency of red and white cells and of platelets) that they attribute to aspirin consumed to excess...
...dangerous; they are probably safer than most other non-prescription drugs. But there may be a limit. The expert consensus so far: when doctors prescribe ten or twelve five-grain aspirins a day for persistent painful disorders such as arthritis, they should watch their patients closely for signs of anemia or kidney damage. And headache victims who become aspirin or APC addicts should invest in a visit to the doctor. It may be cheaper in the long...