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Food and Drug Administration Chairman David Kessler said the agency and White House officials are discussingnew ways to regulate tobacco products. But he did not confirm a report in the New York Times that the agency will recommend to President Clinton that nicotine be classified as an addictive drug. Responding to the Times report, House Speaker Newt Gingrich said the FDA had "lost its mind." Seeking to diffuse the situation, Clinton would only say that children should be discouraged from smoking...
House and Senate conferees split the differences separating the two chambers and announced they had reached a compromise for a seven-year balanced-budget plan. They agreed to recommend that both Houses adopt nearly $1 trillion in spending cuts, approve $245 billion worth of tax reductions and abolish the Commerce Department...
Given all this, it seems logical to recommend HRT for postmenopausal women with high cholesterol levels or other warning signs of heart disease. Indeed, Blumenthal considers HRT "a first-line therapy" for such women. Likewise, it is now standard practice to give estrogen to women with a high risk of osteoporosis -- approximately 1 in 3 U.S. women. Gallagher recommends routine bone-density tests to assess bone condition and at least 10 years of estrogen, beginning at menopause, for those with fragile bones...
...brawl erupted at the D.U. final club between a football recruit and club members....The subsequent hush-up suggests that College officials prefer minimizing publicity to exacting appropriate punishments from blameworthy students....This sort of gang assault should be prosecuted as a serious crime....We recommend two courses of action for the University: 1) a careful examination of the recruiting program, since it is clear that football team members can no longer take care of their own and 2) an end to the persistent coddling of students who commit serious crimes...
...Senate committee charged with reviewing Dr. Henry Foster's controversial nomination for Surgeon General voted 9 to 7 to recommend his confirmation. Foster's name now goes to the full Senate, where his prospects remain uncertain...