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...symptoms and the sooner they occur. In the past two years, three other conditions, including a form of muscular dystrophy, have been traced to such hereditary hiccups. With the Huntington's gene in hand, researchers can now develop more accurate diagnostic tests. They may also prove better able to predict at what age a person will succumb to the disease...
Despite the bumpy start and unavailability of some high-powered names, NBC will doubtless find an experienced, plausible news president. Many of the same people who described the job as horrendous would be ready to take it. Some insiders predict that the eventual choice will indeed be one of those who has already turned it down: Russert of Meet the Press. Whoever it is may find there are days where he shares the judgment of Everette Dennis, executive director of the Freedom Forum at Columbia University: "Taking that job would be like jumping onto a funeral pyre...
...University of Chicago neurologist Dr. Barry Arnason, whose research helped stimulate interest in beta interferon, "is a lot better than no bread." If the FDA goes along with the panel's recommendation and approves the drug, says Stephen Reingold, chief of research for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, "I predict it will be used widely -- and it should...
...drug called pentamidine, which was given intravenously. Thanks to the efforts of a network of doctors organized by the American Foundation for AIDS Research, clinicians learned that, when the drug was sprayed into the lungs, it dramatically reduced the recurrence of the disease. In addition, lab tests can now predict who is at risk for developing pneumocystis, and physicians have found that an antibiotic marketed under the names Bactrim and Septra is effective in preventing the infection...
...faction. China's vote last Monday made unanimous a Security Council resolution to proceed with national elections in May -- even though the Khmer Rouge will field no candidates. The decision apparently eliminates any chance for the Maoist group to be included in a coalition government, though no one can predict what will happen after the 20,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force leaves. The Khmer Rouge, who were responsible for the death of at least a million Cambodians during their 1975-79 reign of terror, made clear they will not go quietly. Just two days after the U.N. vote, gunmen believed...