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...actual cause of the 290 deaths is not yet known. Many researchers feel the most likely explanation is a simple one: the 8,000 people receiving the drug under the alternate program were sicker than those in the clinical trials. To be eligible for DDI in the expanded tests, patients must be suffering from advanced AIDS and must be resistant to AZT. "For these people, DDI is a last-ditch effort," says Dr. Bernard Bihari of the Community Reseach Initiative, a clinic offering the drug to AIDS sufferers in New York City. Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes...
...with five-year-old daughter Sylvia, a beauty with sparkling green eyes and boundless hugs, walked from Mexico to Texas. When they reached Houston, Sylvia was battling bronchitis. Her parents had no idea where to turn for help. Then they met Mahon. She guided them to a local medical clinic, and before long the fire returned to Sylvia's eyes. "This is the only help I have," explains the woman, who speaks no English. "Without it, my baby would've died...
Some doctors urge patients to supplement routine medical care with mind- enhancing therapies. Last year for the first time more of the patients at the New England Deaconess Hospital's Mind-Body Clinic had been referred there by doctors than by friends and family. At the clinic, patients learn in groups how to achieve Dr. Herbert Benson's relaxation response, a physical state of deep rest. Nearly 80% of hypertension patients lower their blood pressure and require less medication; cancer patients report less nausea during chemotherapy. "Does it prolong life?" asks Dr. Benson. "We don't know. Some people promise...
Some of his other ideas for the squad include a skate-a-thon, where the skiers would be sponsored for each mile that they roller-skied, a ski clinic, a Warren Miller comedy ski film in the Science Center and a ski sale...
...Ionel Patrascu, of Bucharest's Stefan S. Nicolau Institute of Virology, decided to test a handful of patients for the virus as part of a research project. Amazingly, the first child screened, a twelve-year-old girl, was infected. Of 14 more children examined at the same pediatric clinic, six harbored the virus. Working clandestinely, Patrascu went on to test children in three other cities, where the rate of infection appeared to be just as bad. In August, concerned that the epidemic was spreading out of control, he notified the Ministry of Health. To his dismay, he was told...