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Willet's group also claimed the ninth spot on the medicine chart with a paper on the "Intake of trans-fatty acids and risk of coronary heart disease among women...
...Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) called for a reduction infederal funding for AIDS.As expiration nears for the $880 million Ryan White Care Act of 1990, which provides money for AIDS treatment, Helms said the disease consumes a disproportionate amount of federal funding, considering that it is only the ninth leading cause of death in the U.S. Helms denies accusations that he is trying to stop reauthorization of the White Act altogether. Reaction was swift from Jeanne White-Ginder, the mother of the act's namesake, an Indiana teenager who died after contracting AIDS as a result of a blood transfusion...
...National Center for Health Statistics reports that the two leading causes of death are heart disease followed by cancer. The Federal Government spends $36.3 billion annually on heart disease and $16.9 billion on cancer. AIDS, the ninth leading cause of death, receives $6 billion in funding...
...University received a record gift of $70.5million dollars from John L. Loeb '24 and FrancesL. Loeb, which gave the Capital Campaign a hugeboost. The gift, which was announced in March, wasthe ninth largest in the history of Americanhigher education...
...Ninth- and 10th-graders from the Eagle Academy in Poughkeepsie, New York, used the computer's protean powers of simulation to build a virtual replica of the Gilgamesh myth. Not only are the details of the Sumerian ruler's life re-created, but visitors who log on also get to play at being king for a day, at least in cyberspace...