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...gives them a mild black eye, but I think most people outside the Northeast won?t remember who Jeffords is next week. Up in New England, this move will just underscore the sense that the Republican Party has moved away from its historical values...
Your article "St. John's What?" [MEDICINE, April 30] tells of the millions who take St. John's wort, most of them for mild depression or the occasional blues. The new study you wrote about included 200 subjects, all of whom suffered from "major depression." Perhaps before discounting the herb's effectiveness, researchers should target folks having mild depression. St. John's wort seems to work for me--but heck, I also occasionally take ginkgo biloba to increase mental agility and clear thinking! MEL DAVIS Addison, Texas
...John's Wort was never intended for use by severely depressed people. It is for short-term use and should never be taken daily for long periods of time. St. John's is safe when used properly and does take the edge off PMS, the blues and mild depression. PEG BOARDMAN Somerset, Mass...
...efficacy" data that have not yet been published. But researchers from Novartis and the Oregon Health Sciences University reported in the New England Journal of Medicine last month that 51 of 53 patients who had received the highest dose of the drug had gone into remission with only mild side effects--a little nausea, swelling and diarrhea. In seven of those cases, even the genetic abnormalities known to cause this cancer seemed to have disappeared. Doctors are testing Gleevec on an unusual stomach cancer that is triggered by similar molecular defects...
...group. Designed to keep the HIV virus from fusing to the cell wall, fusion inhibitors include compounds called T-20 and T-1249. The first compound, T-20, appears to be at the head of the class, so to speak; researchers report low toxicity among test cases, and relatively mild side effects like soreness and inflammation at the injection site, dizziness and nausea. For the needle-phobic, T-20 may cause a few problems - patients are required to inject themselves twice a day. But for most, even multiple injections are preferable to the incessant pill-counting and precise timing required...