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...disagreement began last June when the FDA received a sobering report from the University Group Diabetes Program, an organization of twelve medical schools that had been studying the oral drug. The study, which followed 823 diabetics for eight years, found that the death rate from cardiovascular diseases was twice as high among patients on tolbutamide as it was among those on insulin treatments or placebos. As a result, the FDA recommended that tolbutamide be used only in cases in which the established treatments−dieting and insulin injections−had proved ineffective...
Natural Posers. "As a former weight lifter and as a specialist in cardiovascular disorders," Dr. William S. Breall of San Francisco writes to the Journal editors: "I would like to note a few other possible dangers." First of all, Breall says, a weight lifter should learn to breathe properly, or he may fall in a faint, damage his lungs or suffer a hernia in the groin or the diaphragm. Taking issue with those who dismiss high blood pressure as a hazard, Breall draws attention to the danger of "weight lifter's hypertension." A man performing "severe isometrics," he explains...
...CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES...
...System, found that 382,000 (or 25.4%) were granted medical deferments. Chief causes were musculoskeletal complaints (14.9%) such as stiff arms, trick knees, flat feet or the loss of an index, middle or ring finger from at least the mid-portion (slicing off the first joint will not do). Cardiovascular diseases and psychiatric disorders-including homosexuality and bedwetting -each accounted for 11%. So did being 20% overweight or underweight. Bad eyesight claimed 6%, while 7,600 beat the system by being too tall and 3,800 others because they were too short (the upper limit...
...Hurst of Atlanta's Emory University School of Medicine presented their latest hand-and-heart findings to the American College of Cardiology last week. Although the cause and nature of a heart defect or disorder are often obscure, the doctors suggested that these may become apparent to "the cardiovascular sleuth who lingers a moment longer at the radial (wrist) pulse to inspect the hand closely...