Word: viii
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...rare, inherited blood disorder affects males primarily, and afflicts some 25,000 Americans. Because most hemophiliacs lack a blood-clotting substance known as factor VIII, they may bleed uncontrollably after slight injuries or from such ordinary events as losing baby teeth. Frequently there is bleeding into joints, leading sometimes to crippling. Today many hemophiliacs are successfully treated with injections of factor VIII, but that is therapy, not a cure. It is also expensive-$6,000 to $26,000 a year. For many couples with a family history of hemophilia, the prospect of raising a child with the disease is more...
...woman's abdomen, then insert a tubular fiber-optic device to locate one of the baby's blood vessels on the placenta. Using a tiny needle, they withdraw a few drops of the baby's blood, which is analyzed by radioimmunoassay techniques for factor VIII. To date, investigators have used the experimental procedure on eight women, all of whom had family histories of severe hemophilia. In four cases the tests showed that the fetus carried almost none of the clotting factor. Abortions were performed; tests later confirmed that the fetuses had severe hemophilia. In the other four...
...series begins with Julius Caesar, then continues with As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, Richard II and Measure for Measure, ending April 25 with Henry VIII. The plays are being produced by the BBC with Time-Life Television, which is putting up more than 25% of the $14 million cost...
...platter. The feast, rather than the ordinary run of the mill pigout, required hundreds of these "made" dishes, for which most valued praise the cook could receive was if the satisfied diner could not tell what had gone into the original concoction. At a feast given by Henry VIII in 1519, 260 such delightful melanges were served...
Esty said three proxy votes were accepted, although proxies are specifically prohibited in Article VIII of the club's constitution...