Word: normale
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most common inherited diseases in Britain, as in the U.S., is cystic fibrosis, which occurs once in about 2,500 births.* The pattern of inheritance is Mendelian recessive-the gene carrying the defect is weak and is overpowered by a corresponding normal gene, so that a child with one normal parent does not develop the disease. But if both parents carry the abnormal gene, and it is proved by the birth of one child with cystic fibrosis, there is a one-in-four risk that any subsequent child will also be afflicted. Other diseases in the bad-risk group: some...
...poor-risk group have had more children. For them, the gloomy predictions were borne out, with severe defects in two cases out of eleven. But of 81 children born to couples in the good-risk group, only one inherited a major defect. That is a better showing than even "normal" couples can expect...
...prompt response. Furthermore, a number of the drugs he was testing seemed to sensitize the patients' skin, particularly in the cancerous areas. Subsequent applications then caused a bright red, allergic-type reaction. As the dosage was repeated, the reaction got stronger, and selectively destroyed cancer cells, leaving normal cells unharmed. The cancerous growths soon disappeared. Healthy skin grew over the areas with a minimum of scarring...
None of this means that analgesics in normal doses are dangerous; they are probably safer than most other non-prescription drugs. But there may be a limit. The expert consensus so far: when doctors prescribe ten or twelve five-grain aspirins a day for persistent painful disorders such as arthritis, they should watch their patients closely for signs of anemia or kidney damage. And headache victims who become aspirin or APC addicts should invest in a visit to the doctor. It may be cheaper in the long...
Ironically, two more of nature's mistakes kept Betty going. There were two small holes in the septum (wall) between the two upper chambers of her heart, allowing partly oxygenated blood to pass through. And the ductus arteriosus, which supplies a normal and necessary connection between aorta and pulmonary artery during a baby's life in the womb, did not close as it should have after Betty's birth. This also helped to make partly oxygenated blood available to her faltering circulation...