A mystery malaise; Chronic fatigue gains credibility; What to watch for
Sept. 18, 1990
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LYNDONVILLE, N.Y. - Yuppie flu doesn't sound like something likely to afflict residents of a fresh-scrubbed village surrounded by apple orchards and cornfields.
Maybe that's why Dr. David Bell quickly flipped past a 1986 magazine article about that seemingly trendy ailment. The pediatrician had more serious worries: Dozens in this town of 1,000 had been laid low by a strange illness that left them profoundly tired, weak and disoriented for months at a time.
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The measles 'crisis'; Epidemic grows as vaccine rate slips; Public health needs a shot in the arm
March 18, 1991
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Dr. Margaret Georgis of Chicago is one of the first to see the children behind the epidemic's grim statistics.
Day after day, worried parents bring their children to her clinic at Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center on Chicago's west side - children with fevers of 103 to 105 degrees, children with respiratory problems so severe they require breathing tubes, children who are severely dehydrated from vomiting and diarrhea ... children who all have measles.
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Asthma's new attack; Lung ailment tightens its choke hold
May 7, 1991
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Once a week, 12-year-old Terrance Holloway has to go to Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago for a shot.
Three times a day, he has to take pills and inhale medicines.
Sometimes, when he runs and plays outside his north side apartment building, he gets short of breath and has to force himself to slow down.
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U.S. launches vast study of women's health
Oct. 29, 1991
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BETHESDA, Md. - The largest-ever study of health issues affecting women will be conducted by the government through the '90s.
The Women's Health Initiative will help close the "vast knowledge gap" between men's and women's health, says Dr. Bernadine Healy, National Institutes of Health.
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Native American health crisis
Nov. 12, 1991
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Number of Indian Health Service professionals compared to those available to the USA population at large:
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Women lose out on heart treatments
Nov. 13, 1991
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ANAHEIM, Calif. - Women who have heart attacks don't receive clot-busting drugs or angioplasty - both proven lifesaving techniques - as often as men, new research shows.
Previous studies show women get fewer bypass surgeries. But the new study of 1,659 women and 3,232 men treated for heart attacks since 1988 widens the gender gap more.
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TB outbreaks may 'be a catastrophe'
Nov. 20, 1991
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Outbreaks of drug-resistant tuberculosis, including one reported this week in New York prisons, alarm health officials.
The TB problem, virtually wiped out in the 1970s but now growing in tandem with the AIDS epidemic, "is on the verge of a major emergency and may even be a catastrophe," says Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of AIDS research at the National Institutes of Health.
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Aspirin may cut colon cancer
Dec. 5, 1991
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People taking aspirin to prevent heart attacks may also cut the risk of colon cancer by 40%, a study says.
The 662,424 adults in the American Cancer Society study took 16 or more aspirin a month.
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Minorities, cancer: Blacks fare worst
Dec. 23, 1991
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Blacks have the highest cancer death rate of any minority group in the USA, an American Cancer Society report shows.
That's because blacks have:
- Higher rates of new cancer cases than any group - particularly tumors of the prostate, esophagus, colon, rectum.
- Low rates of early cancer detection; 44% of whites' tumors were diagnosed before spreading vs. 35% of blacks.
- Poorer responses to cancer therapy - probably because tumors are diagnosed later and perhaps due to genetic differences.
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FDA OKs limited use of implants
Apr. 17, 1992
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Some women awaiting the renewed availability of silicone gel breast implants might be able to get them within days, the Food and Drug Administration says.
That's part of a plan for reintroducing the implants in limited studies. FDA placed a moratorium on the implants Jan. 6.
