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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: AIDS
Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals Lawrence K. Altman, M.D.
New U.S. Report Names Virus That May Cause AIDS Lawrence K. Altman, M.D.
AIDS Drugs Offer Hope but Cure Remains Distant Harold M. Schmeck Jr.
New Picture of Who Will Get AIDS Is Dominated by Addicts Gina Kolata
New Studies Offer Powerful and Puzzling Evidence on Immunity to AIDS Gina Kolata
The Genesis of an Epidemic: Humans, Chimps and a Virus Gina Kolata
Chapter 2: Alzheimer’s Disease
Gene Mutation That Causes Alzheimer’s Is Found Gina Kolata
Landmark in Alzheimer Research: Breeding Mice With the Disease Gina Kolata
Promise Seen for Detection of Alzheimer’s Gina Kolata
Rules Seek to Expand Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Gina Kolata
Three Drugs to Be Tested to Stave Off Alzheimer’s Gina Kolata
Chapter 3: Antibiotics
“Giant” Germicide Yielded by Mold William L. Laurence
Discoverer Stresses Penicillin War Boon
New Drug Is Used to Treat Typhoid
Drug Is Effective for Tuberculosis
Chapter 4: Blood Pressure
To Retard Old Age With Electricity
Blood Pressure Lowered in Tests William L. Laurence
New Drug Hailed at Heart Meeting Robert K. Plumb
Chapter 5: Cancer
“Cundurango”
The Cause of Cancer Probably Discovered; Its Cure Possible
Erysipelas Germs as Cure for Cancer
Starving Cancer, a New Treatment
Says He Has Found Cancer Microbe
Cause of Cancer Found at Last by Boston Scientist Van Buren Thorne, M.D.
Removal of Lung Applied in Cancer William L. Laurence
Science Winning Fight on Cancer
Cigarette Filter Held Ineffective
New Cancer Treatment View Scored Jane E. Brody
The Doctor’s World: Mastectomy: The Unanswered Questions Lawrence K. Altman, M.D.
Scientists Pinpoint Genetic Changes That Predict Cancer Gina Kolata
How Demand Surged for Prostate Test Gina Kolata
Stand on Mammograms Greeted by Outrage Gina Kolata
Experts Decode Cancer Patient’s Genes, Seeking Treatment Clues Denise Grady
Chapter 6: Cloning—Stem Cells
Scientist Reports First Cloning Ever of Adult Mammal Gina Kolata
After Decades of Missteps, How Cloning Succeeded Michael Specter with Gina Kolata
Scientists Cultivate Cells at Root of Human Life Nicholas Wade
Scientists Bypass Need for Embryo to Get Stem Cells Gina Kolata
Chapter 7: Diabetes
Diabetes Cure Confirmed by Treatment of 176 Cases
Diabetes Discovery Not a Positive Cure
Serum Proves Boon in Fighting Diabetes
Virus Link Is Found in Diabetes Patient Harold M. Schmeck Jr.
Chapter 8: Diagnostics
Prof. Röntgen’s X-Rays
3-Dimensional X-Ray Is Tested for New View of Body Jane E. Brody
Chapter 9: Diet and Obesity
Nutritive Value of Food
Insurance Study Finds Close Correlation Between Weights and Mortality Rates William L. Laurence
Federal Heart Panel Asks Public to Eat Fewer Fats Jane E. Brody
Atkins Diet: A “Revolution” That Has Medical Society Up in Arms Jane E. Brody
Metabolism Found to Adjust for a Body’s Natural Weight Gina Kolata
Some Extra Heft May Be Helpful, New Study Says Gina Kolata
Chapter 10: Ethics
Nazi Medical Horrors Revealed at New Trials Dana Adams Schmidt
Many Scientific Experts Condemn Ethics of Cancer Injection John A. Osmundsen
Physician Scores Tests on Humans John A. Osmundsen
Willowbrook Doctor Is Striving to End 2 Snake Pits Homer Bigart
U.S. Issues Rules on Human Testing Harold M. Schmeck Jr.
U.S. Apologizes for Syphilis Tests in Guatemala Donald G. McNeil Jr.
Chapter 11: The Flu
Spanish Influenza Here, Ship Men Say
Drastic Steps Taken to Fight Influenza Here
Swine Flu Program Suspended in Nation; Disease Link Feared Lawrence K. Altman
Genetic Material of Virus From 1918 Flu Is Found Gina Kolata
Chapter 12: Genome
Clue to Chemistry of Heredity Found
After 10 Years’ Effort, Genome Mapping Team Achieves Sequence of a Human Chromosome Nicholas Wade
Genetic Code of Human Life Is Cracked by Scientists Nicholas Wade
The Quest for the $1,000 Human Genome Nicholas Wade
In Treatment for Leukemia, Glimpses of the Future Gina Kolata
In Good Health? Thank Your 100 Trillion Bacteria Gina Kolata
Chapter 13: Germ Theory
Dr. Koch’s Discovery
Chapter 14: Heart Disease
Can Dreaded Hardening of Arteries Now Be Cured?
Dr. Meltzer Perfects Devices to “Raise the Dead”
Heart Surgery Made Safer by Invention of Cardioscope
Heart-Lung Machine Is Used Successfully for the First Time in a Medical Case Waldemar Kaempffert
A Balloon Device Averts Surgery for Coronary Disorders Lawrence K. Altman
Dentist, Close to Death, Receives First Permanent Artificial Heart Lawrence K. Altman
Race Is On to Develop Nonsurgical Ways to Unclog Arteries Sandra Blakeslee
New Heart Studies Question the Value of Opening Arteries Gina Kolata
Chapter 15: Kidney Disease
Machine Purifies Blood and Restores It to the Body Van Buren Thorne, M.D.
Panel Holds Life-or-Death Vote in Allotting of Artificial Kidney Harold M. Schmeck Jr.
Aid to Kidney Patients Howard A. Rusk, M.D.
Concern Rising Over Costs of Kidney Dialysis Program Richard D. Lyons
Chapter 16: Mental Health
Dreams of the Insane Help Greatly in Their Cure
Surgery Used on the Soul-Sick; Relief of Obsessions Is Reported William L. Laurence
Insanity Treated by Electric Shock
Pioneer Sees Peril in Brain Operation Lucy Freeman
Child Psychiatry Found Advancing Emma Harrison
New Antidepressant Is Acclaimed but Not Perfect Natalie Angier
Lifting the Veils of Autism, One by One by One Erica Goode
Vaccine Cleared Again as Autism Culprit Gardiner Harris
The Autism Wars Amy Harmon
Chapter 17: Public Health
How We Poison Our Children
The Yellow Fever Plot
The Code of Health—Practical Requirements of the Sanitary Law
Facts About the Cholera
Women to Assure Healthy Homes M. A. Taft
Declares Raw Milk Worse Than a Plague
Alcohol’s Appalling Effect on Infant Mortality
Dr. Noguchi Is Dead, Martyr of Science
“Typhoid Mary” Dies of a Stroke at 68
The Vaccination Effect: 100 Million Cases of Contagious Disease Prevented Steve Lohr
Ebola Virus Is Outpacing Efforts to Control It, World Health Body Warns Adam Nossiter and Alan Cowell
U.S. Patent Aided Pregnant Liberian, Then Took Ill Norimitsu Onishi
Chapter 18: Reproductive Medicine
The Caesarean Operation
Birth Made Easy by the Use of Gas Emanie N. Sachs
Painless Method Is Devised for Childbirth; California Doctor Blocks Spinal Nerves
Birth Control Pills Reported a Success
Wider Detection of Prenatal Flaws Expected to Spur Abortions Walter Sullivan
Woman Gives Birth to Baby Conceived Outside the Body
Scientists Study Freezing and Storing of Embryos Walter Sullivan
Chapter 19: Surgery
Transfusion of Blood: Revival of the Operation in Modern Surgery
The Healing Knife: A Revolution in Surgery Leonard Engel
Chapter 20: Transplants
The Marvels Wrought by Plastic Surgery
Doctor Describes Grafting of Cornea
Man’s Life Saved by Twin’s Kidney Robert K. Plumb
Harvard Panel Asks Definition of Death Be Based on Brain Robert Reinhold
Transplant Frontiers: A Special Report: Healthy Give Organs to Dying, Raising Issue of Risk and Ethics Denise Grady
French, in First, Use a Transplant to Repair a Face Lawrence K. Altman with Craig S. Smith
Chapter 21: Ulcers
Say Gastric Ulcers May Be Infectious
New Bacterium Linked to Painful Stomach Ills Lawrence K. Altman
New Study Backs Ulcer-Cure Theory Gina Kolata
Chapter 22: Vaccines
Measles Vaccine Reported at U. of P. William L. Laurence
Vaccine for Polio Successful; Use in 1 to 3 Years Is Likely William L. Laurence
Smallpox Wiped Out in Its Worst Form Lawrence K. Altman
Vaccine for Hepatitis B, Judged Highly Effective, Is Approved by F.D.A. Harold M. Schmeck Jr.
Medicine Timeline
Contributors’ Biographies
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