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...works on the top floor of their spacious brick house. Elkin writes in the kitchen to be near the swimming pool and the bathroom. He has some trouble getting around. In 1961 he suffered the first symptoms of multiple sclerosis, a swelling of the optic nerve known as retro-bulbar opticneuritis. "It's a dumb disease," says Elkin. "It kills you by inches but you suffer by yards...
...that may avert those heart-rending abortions. Once amniocentesis determines that a woman is carrying a male child, doctors use a technique called fetoscopy to obtain a sample of the baby's blood. They make an incision in the woman's abdomen, then insert a tubular fiber-optic device to locate one of the baby's blood vessels on the placenta. Using a tiny needle, they withdraw a few drops of the baby's blood, which is analyzed by radioimmunoassay techniques for factor VIII. To date, investigators have used the experimental procedure on eight women...
...York to Texas to California as special envoy of the 20-nation Arab League and chief Arab propagandist in the U.S. "It is important," says Maksoud, "that we catch up on 25 years of deficient communications, that we know each other through each other and not through the Israeli optic...
...Raymond Liggio, who treated Anderson after the July incident, told The Crimson in August that his examination showed Anderson's eye was struck by a blunt object. He said a pupil defect observed in Anderson's eye may indicate permanent damage to the optic nerve...
...organization bases its warning on two factors. One is a lack of proof that Entero-Vioform actually prevents traveler's diarrhea. The other is a growing suspicion that the drug (iodochlorhydroxquin) is linked with a condition called subacute myelo-optic neuropathy (SMON), a nerve condition that can cause crippling and blindness. Entero-Vioform has been implicated in some of the 10,000 cases of SMON in Japan, where the drug used to be sold over the counter, while instances of the ailment have been reported in Sweden, Australia and the U.S. among patients who have taken it to prevent...