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SCIENCE ARTICLE REPORTS DIRECT LINK BETWEEN BACTERIAL INFECTIONS AND HEART DISEASE -- CEDARS SINAI CLINICAL TRIAL STUDYING EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMON ANTIBIOTIC IN PREVENTING RECURRENT HEART ATTACKS
A common, inexpensive antibiotic could reduce a second heart attack in patients who have already suffered an acute heart attack. In a clinical trial involving 1,400 patients, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center scientists, as well as collaborators at two facilities in Israel and three in Europe, are testing the effectiveness of the common antibiotic, Azithromycin, in preventing recurrent heart attacks.

$5 MILLION DONATION WILL BENEFIT PATIENTS WITH BRAIN TUMORS, OTHER DEADLY BRAIN DISORDERS (BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK IS MARCH 15-21):
Wiping out brain tumors is a top priority for Keith Black, M.D., and the other physicians and scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute. After learning of his background and work in this area, a life-long hospital supporter, Maxine Dunitz, donated $5 million that will benefit patients with brain tumors formerly regarded as virtually untreatable, as well as those with other deadly brain disorders such as aneurysms and strokes.

WITH ALLERGY SEASON APPROACHING, NEW MEDICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
Too many people suffer needlessly with allergies, according to Zab Mohsenifar, M.D., director of the Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. In many parts of the country, allergy season begins in early to mid-March when pollens produced by a proliferation of blooming flowers, grasses and weeds attack allergy sufferers. Although studies suggest that the number of people with allergies is growing, there are now highly effective medications available that do not produce unwanted side effects such as drowsiness.

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1-Mar-1999