Word: treatments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Medical Sciences, the NAS-NRC enlisted no fewer than 180 of the nation's top research physicians and divided them into 30 panels of six members each. It took five panels to sift the anti-infection agents alone. Dermatological drugs required another three panels, and drugs for the treatment of heart diseases...
...people last year. The more virulent se rum hepatitis, which is transmitted by contaminated blood transfusions and in adequately sterilized hypodermic needles, affected 5,000. At least 1,000 died from the two forms. Unable to identify the guilty virus, doctors could neither prevent the disease nor offer effective treatment. But now, as a result of a complex bit of medical detective work, researchers have isolated what appears to be the hepatitis virus. The development of a vaccine against the disease should be only a matter of time...
...research and treatment this summer, Muller hopes to "probe the various elements within the treatment itself." He will be working with 60 subjects frightened of public speaking. "Such phobias," he says, "can seriously hinder people in their careers...
Through a treatment called systematic desensitization, a patient first learns deep muscle relaxation. Then, he imagines himself in a slightly frightening situation. When he feels completely calm, he moves up to a situation more anxiety-provoking. Ideally, he reaches the most terrifying level at the end of eight weeks and is able to control his fear...
...treatment is being offered by John Muller, Teaching Fellow in Social Relations, in order to gather information for his doctoral dissertation. Associate professor Bruce Baker and David Cohen, Teaching Fellow in Social Relations, started researching the treatment last summer. At that time, they treated 28 people for acrophobia (fear of heights) and reported that 60 to 70 per cent of them were much improved...