Word: kidneys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...populace and galvanizing the opposition. Now the anti-Marcos forces have high hopes of increasing the number of seats they hold in the 200-member parliament from 14 to more than 100. Disturbed by massive public protests, disabled at times by what is widely believed to be a chronic kidney disorder and debilitated by a sick and sagging economy, Marcos has never been more seriously challenged. But rising to challenges is his greatest strength. "The man is a counterpuncher," says a K.B.L. colleague. "He does not plan the future; he just goes from situation to situation, dividing and conquering...
Andropov's doctors were extremely sophisticated in treating cardiac and renal disorders. Despite recent reports, it was all but unthinkable that they would have even seriously considered, much less performed, a kidney transplant. The Soviet leader's age, diabetes and heart disease would have made the procedure far too risky. Instead, Andropov received increasing dialysis treatments, at first two or three times a week and eventually every other day. The treatments took place in a sanitarium near Moscow and also at a southern resort. This therapy and the successful control of complications caused by infection permitted him to resume...
...various symptoms Andropov displayed during his last appearances in public in mid-August?trembling hands, uneven gait, difficulty in getting out of his chair?were caused by muscle weakness brought on by diabetes and the kidney problems. The stiffness that observers detected in the Soviet leader's left arm was due to the repeated use of that arm for dialysis...
...major peril in transplanting mismatched bone marrow has always been a rejection problem called graft-vs.-host disease. Even with treated marrow, there is some risk. According to Dr. Richard O'Reilly of Sloan Kettering, the disease is "the exact opposite of what we talk about with kidney or heart patients. Instead of the patient rejecting the organ, the cells that go in as the transplant literally reject the patient." If unchecked, the disease eventually destroys the liver, intestine and other vital organs. Early symptoms are similar to David's: nausea, diarrhea, fever...
DIED. Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov, 69, General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of the Soviet Union; from complications of heart and kidney disease; in Moscow (see THE SOVIETS...