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...more and more antibiotics came into use, nature fought back, creating more resistant bacteria. When first used, penicillin was nearly 100% effective against the most prevalent Staphylococci aureus that spread hospital-related infection among patients. Today the drug is far less effective. Both tetracycline and penicillin, once used to cure gonorrhea, now have a failure rate of more than 20% against certain strains. For years a growing body of evidence has suggested that the overuse of antibiotics is helping to make the miracle drugs less effective. Last week a group of 150 doctors and medical scientists from 26 nations issued...
...result of affirmative action troubles them. And if that is the case, it is all the sadder, for if Gwaltney's chilling work proves one thing, it's that commitment, that admission of error, even of guilt, leading to a true change in attitude, is the only possible cure...
...President's program is so popular in their districts that they dared not buck it. Says Deputy Democratic House Whip Bill Alexander of Arkansas, in a spirit of resignation: "Most people want the President to get his way because he promises to cure inflation and reduce taxes. The people believe him, so politicians have...
...many afflictions that plague livestock, none is as devastating as foot-and-mouth disease. Highly contagious and with no known cure, it blisters the feet, tongues and mouths of animals, and causes lameness, weight loss and, in dairy cows, reduced milk production. At least 33 different species are susceptible, mostly such cloven-hoofed creatures as cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and deer. For farmers the usual recourse is to kill, burn and bury infected livestock. Often an entire herd must be slaughtered, even if only one animal has been stricken, lest the disease spread. Some years ago, British authorities...
...knows the cause of Crohn's disease, although researchers suspect that a virus or a flaw in the body's immune system may be involved. A cure is similarly elusive. In attempting to control the disease, doctors use drugs that suppress inflammation and the immune system. In severe cases, they must resort to surgery, cutting away diseased portions of bowel and then reconnecting the ends or creating a hole through the abdomen so wastes can be collected in a pouch. But even with such drastic measures, the disease may recur, necessitating more extensive operations...