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- <text id=92TT1622>
- <title>
- July 20, 1992: Health:Et Cetera
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- July 20, 1992 Olympic Special
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 20
- HEALTH & SCIENCE
- Et Cetera
- </hdr><body>
- <p> DRUG DANGER
- </p>
- <p> The antihistamine Seldane is a godsend to allergy sufferers
- because it doesn't cause drowsiness. But the FDA reports that in
- 64 cases out of 200 million users worldwide, it has led to
- irregular heartbeats, heart attacks and even death. The danger
- is to people with liver disease, people who take overdoses or
- those who take it with the antibiotic erythromycin or the
- antifungal drug Nizoral. Seldane will now get a stronger warning
- label.
- </p>
- <p> PHYSICIAN, WASH THYSELF
- </p>
- <p> The danger of infection makes it obvious that doctors and
- nurses should wash their hands often. Obvious, maybe, but not
- routine. In a study at the University of Iowa Hospital, doctors
- found that their colleagues lathered up less than half the time.
- And this was when they knew they were being watched. The rate
- is undoubtedly even lower most of the time.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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