Word: cystic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...children died, 85 suffered permanent brain damage. An accompanying Journal editorial predicts that when statistics on the battered-child syndrome are complete, "It is likely that it will be found to be a more frequent cause of death than such well-recognized and thoroughly studied diseases as leukemia, cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy...
...every 16 U.S. infants is born with some defect, many of which, untreated, may be handicapping or fatal, said O'Connor. And the scientists are closing in on other disorders suspected of being transmitted by genes, the giant molecules of heredity: diabetes, gout, some forms of mongolism, cretinism, cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, the inability to make protective antibodies against bacteria, and many other disorders of the blood, besides obvious physical defects...
...There are more than 100,000 voluntary health and welfare outfits soliciting contributions from the general public.* They range from local committees and small national groups attacking specific diseases, such as hemophilia and cystic fibrosis. to giants like the American Red Cross. American Cancer Society and the National Foundation (polio...