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...commercial network's entry, headed by Peter Jay, a former British Ambassador to the U.S., arrived Feb. 1 with enough razzle-dazzle to cause some sleepy viewers to pull a pillow over their heads. TV-am produces a glitzy transplant of American morning television, slicker and faster-paced than its placid competitor. TV-am's morning programs have an annual budget of $12.4 million, as opposed to Breakfast Time's $9 million. According to Jay, TV-am's task is "to demystify the news." But as of the inaugural week the direction of the program...
Additional support for the infectious-agent hypothesis comes from the growing number of patients who may have contracted AIDS from blood transfusions. Eight hemophiliacs and two heart-transplant patients who received blood appear to have been infected in this manner. In addition, a San Francisco infant who received multiple transfusions at birth developed infections and other signs of AIDS. Some of the baby's blood came from a donor who was later diagnosed as an AIDS victim. As a result, blood-bank operators around the country are searching assiduously for a way to detect AIDS in blood...
...profession today. We are being asked to place the welfare of the next patient on a recipient list above the best interests of our own patient. The criteria for brain death can be too loosely applied these days, especially if there is a publicity campaign for the transplant of a vital organ, such as a pediatric organ. Richard G. Nilges, M.D. Chicago
Given these limitations, what is the role of the permanent artificial heart? "The best solution remains the heart transplant," insists Dr. Christiaan Barnard, the South African surgeon who pioneered that solution. Transplants have kept patients alive for up to 14 years. (In the U.S., some 500 people have received transplants since 1967; the current five-year survival rate...
...important breakthrough. Both believe, however, that it should be used only temporarily to sustain patients until donors can be found. Cooley has in fact twice used a more primitive apparatus than Jarvik's for this purpose. Says Cooley: "I've never thought of the artificial heart and transplant as being competitive. They complement each other...