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This time around, rheumatic fever may be more dangerous than ever. The disease can scar heart valves, with fatal results. Years ago about half of rheumatic-fever victims developed heart problems; the current illness seems to attack cardiac muscle more frequently. Doctors can minimize the damage by giving patients steroids to ease the inflammation. However, in about 50% of cases, scarred valves must be surgically repaired...
...more traditional therapies, owners in some areas can now purchase pet health insurance, starting at $44 a year for puppies. The plans do not cover such routine care as vaccinations or neutering, but they pay claims of up to $1,000 for fractures, cancer treatments and cardiac surgery. The Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. of Garden Grove, Calif., formed in 1982, currently boasts 50,000 policies in 27 states and expects to add 13 more states by mid-1988. Few people doubt that they will make their goal: medical costs for animals climbed 183% from 1981 to 1986, in contrast...
When a "code blue" emergency sounded in the cardiac ward of Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, N.Y., Registered Nurse Richard Angelo, 25, was often first on the scene, working feverishly to save the endangered patient. No wonder: Angelo regularly created those emergencies by injecting elderly patients with muscle-paralyzing drugs that led to respiratory failure. Then he would lead resuscitation efforts in a bizarre attempt to look like a hero to his co-workers...
...bearded nurse was found out when a 73-year-old cardiac patient experienced shortness of breath after he observed Angelo injecting a substance into his intravenous tube. Angelo confessed last week to giving 35 such injections this year. Authorities suspect that ten to 20 patients have died in the past three months from the lethal doses. The bodies of several will be exhumed to determine whether they were victims of a deadly bid for popularity...
Soviet officials last week confirmed rumors that Yeltsin had suffered more than a political ailment. Several days before his ouster, he entered a cardiac unit of an elite Moscow hospital for treatment of "heart trouble." But Chief Foreign Ministry Spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov insisted that "his illness is not a serious one." In any case, Yeltsin was well enough to leave the hospital two weeks ago, albeit reportedly against his doctors' wishes, and attend the party meeting during which he was fired. Having swallowed that bitter pill, Yeltsin returned to the hospital for further medical care...