Word: treatment
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Hundredfold Doses. Since the patients' responses to treatment could have been predicted in nearly every case by a laboratory test devised at Sloan-Kettering, there is no need to waste L-asparaginase by trying it blindly on patients unlikely to benefit. Side effects included fever, nausea, weight loss and allergic reactions but, said Dr. Oettgen, it is uncertain whether these were due to the enzyme or to contaminants...
...able to give L-asparaginase in vastly bigger doses. In mice, small doses will temporarily suppress leukemia, and hundredfold-greater doses result in what seems to be a permanent cure. This, said Dr. Oettgen, raises the question whether massive doses of L-asparaginase, perhaps combined with other drug treatment, might actually cure one form of human leukemia...
...napalm and bombs and inflated casualty statistics. The fledgling organization soon found itself wrangling with experts such as Manhattan's Dr. Howard Rusk, who questioned not only the number of potential patients but also the wisdom of gathering them up in large numbers and sending them for treatment...
C.O.R. is now showing that it can practice the responsibility it preaches. It has brought its first Vietnamese children to the U.S. with a minimum of antiwar propaganda and a maximum of care. The first seven children are quietly receiving treatment at San Francisco's Mount Zion and Boston's Beth Israel hospitals and Los Angeles' U.C.L.A. Medical Center. C.O.R. has cut through mountainous Vietnamese red tape, raised $250,000, set up temporary foster homes for recuperating children, and has promises of donated services from more than 700 doctors available across the U.S. The children selected could...
...Danhof found that 25% had simply swallowed too much air. Some of these patients, suffering from anxiety, could not expel all the air by belching, and retained so much that it caused painful distention in the gastrointestinal tract. In these cases, said Dr. Danhof, the most effective treatment is reassurance, which may be reinforced with tranquilizers and accompanied by instructions to exhale completely before swallowing food or drink...