Idaho attorney, Pennsylvania physician to lead American Heart Association in 1999-2000
... involved in the American Heart Association in the mid 1980s aspresident of the Magic Valley Division in Idaho. He was chairman of the IdahoAffiliate and later was a member of the board of directors of the mergedIdaho-Montana Affiliate. He was regional vice president for the Northwest-RockyMountain Regio...Analysis suggests women treated for breast cancer do better with axillary node dissection
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...most drugs reached their recent peak levels in the mid 1990s---inhalants in 1995; hallucinogens, includin...e peak level of the original crack epidemic in the mid 80s, according to Johnston, the increase in use was still a matter of concern, given the addictive p...Risk of ill health from seawater in resorts meeting European Union standard
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...of the second study are expected to be released in mid 2002. Eisai Co., Ltd., which discovered and developed ARICEPT, will work with its strategic alliance partner, Pfizer Inc., to file both studies with regulatory authorities worldwide for an indication to treat VaD. "This groundbreaking study is the ...UCLA scientists discover African strain of AIDS in two American infants
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...hrough the generosity of E.W. "Al" Thrasher in the mid 1970's to provide grants that foster an environment of creativity and discovery aimed at finding solutions to children's health problems, particularly those that have been insufficiently researched or investigated. National Jewish is the only medica...UK study suggests possible link between colorectal cancer and human growth hormone therapy
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... failed to meet the ambitious target it set in the mid 1980s of cutting deaths by 15% by the year 2000, the programme does appear to have been associated with the avoidance of 92,500 deaths, said lead researcher Professor Peter Boyle, Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Euro...Patients recovering from depression with talk therapy show a 'distinct' pattern of brain changes
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