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...that in men and women with normal and near normal cholesterol levels, treatment with Mevacor reduced the incidence of first coronary events such as heart attack or unstable angina 36%. Unfortunately, the article incorrectly cited the generic name of Mevacor as pravastatin. The correct generic name is lovastatin. JOHN BLOOMFIELD, Director, Public Affairs Merck & Co., Inc. West Point...
Years ago, before the wonders of modern science increased our life-span, a woman was barefoot and pregnant for many years, sometimes until she died. Now, thanks to new technology, a woman can once again be barefoot and pregnant until she dies. Progress? BARBARA TRINCA Bloomfield...
...folk remedy? You bet. But St. John's wort--or Hypericum perforatum, as scientists call it--is not just another weed. It has attracted a huge following in Europe, and is now catching on in the U.S. According to Dr. Harold Bloomfield, author of Hypericum & Depression (Prelude Press; $7.95), this pretty yellow-flowered plant is nature's own antidepressant--almost as potent as the prescription drug Prozac but without Prozac's troubling side effects. St. John's wort may not work for everyone, acknowledges Bloomfield, a psychiatrist in Del Mar, Calif. "But to those for whom it does work...
Often parents are chagrined to find they cannot do mathematics in a non-skill-and-drill format and therefore assume these lessons are of no value to their children. CONSTANCE KELLY West Bloomfield, Mich...
...believe medicine should be used for high-class fashion--it puts patients at risk," she explains. "But I think it's O.K. to use surgery to feel better about yourself." Nonetheless, she is close to her parents, who emigrated from Iran before she was born and settled in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. She plans to help her father market a Pap-smear test he invented...