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...opening day of Pablo Picasso's last exhibition of new works resembled a French state funeral: a crowd whispering and shuffling beneath the lofty medieval arches of the papal chapel in Avignon, orations, bereaved friends; and afternoon light, the color of dusty honey, sifting in benediction through the lancet windows...
...Smallpox was the first disease shown to be preventable by vaccination, but doctors are still searching for an effective way of treating it when it does erupt-usually among the unvaccinated. A team of Bangladesh and Canadian physicians believe that they have now found a way. They report in Lancet that cytosine arabinoside (ara-C), a drug known to check the multiplication of several viruses that have DNA cores, may be potent against variola, the virus of smallpox. During the April-May epidemic in Bangladesh, they gave ara-C by continuous-drip injection to nine victims. Seven made rapid recoveries...
...commonly used flavor enhancer, has been linked with the chest pains and headaches of the so-called Chinese restaurant syndrome. But chow mein is not the only dish that may trigger "dietary migraine." Dr. Neil Raskin and William Henderson of the University of California at San Francisco report in Lancet that sodium nitrite, a preservative mixed into some hot dogs, sausages and cured meats, can cause "hotdog headaches." The pair base their findings on the study of a 58-year-old man with a seven-year history of painful, nonthrobbing headaches whenever he ate frankfurters, bacon, salami...
...Americans love coffee; they consumed 13.6 lbs. per person last year. But their taste for the brew may be dangerous. A team of physicians from Boston University Medical Center reports in Lancet that people who drink more than five cups of coffee a day are twice as likely to suffer heart attacks as people who drink no coffee at all. The researchers base their hypothesis on a study of 276 patients admitted to hospitals with acute myocardial infarctions. The team found that those patients and 1,104 others who were used as controls differed little in medical history or smoking...
...were administered in alternate sequence over a two-week period; no other medication was administered. Other experiments conducted independently reinforce those of Prange and Wilson. A team of researchers headed by Drs. Abba Kastin and Rudolph Ehrensing at the Veterans Administration Hospital in New Orleans reported in Lancet that its members administered TRH to five patients. All experienced relief from depression to some degree, and in at least two cases the improvement was marked...