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According to FDA studies conducted in India, China and other nations where RU-486 is widely used, chemical abortions "caused more adverse events, particularly bleeding," than surgical abortions. Another FDA study involving a sample of American women found that cramping, vomiting and nausea were also increased...
ROBO HEART Only 2,000 human hearts are available each year to the 100,000 Americans who need one. When doctors tried 20 years ago to substitute an artificial heart, the experiment was a heroic failure attended by great public anguish. Now the FDA has approved--but only for testing--a new artificial heart: a grapefruit-size, battery-powered device called AbioCor. The robo heart will give patients limited mobility and is intended to be a permanent organ replacement, not a stopgap remedy...
Sources: Good News--FDA; New England Journal of Medicine (2/1/01); Bad News--Circulation (1/30/01); the Lancet (2/3/01...
When RU-486 was approved by the Food and Drug Adminisration (FDA) this past fall, the national media hailed the new drug as a revolutionary alternative to surgical abortions...
Most peer groups say they do not want to get involved with the politics surrounding RU-486, but will make students aware of the option, now that the drug has been approved by the FDA...