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Participants in the earlier British study took the same antibiotic, azithromycin, that was used in the Utah study. Azithromycin is effective against against Chlamydia pneumoniae, which is known to cause bronchitis and pneumonia. Scientists have accumulated considerable evidence linking chronic infections, particularly from C. pneumoniae, to a role in coronary artery disease. Studies have shown that 50 percent to 70 percent of adults have been infected with C. pneumoniae at some time in their lives. At least 50 studies have found C. pneumoniae in the fatty plaques that narrow the coronary arteries that nourish the heart. But the presence of C. pneumoniae in the plaques is not enough to prove it causes coronary artery disease or heart attacks. Dr. [Joseph B. Muhlestein]'s team said its findings were consistent with three possibilities: C. pneumoniae does not cause coronary artery disease; azithromycin produces only a small benefit; or C. pneumoniae causes coronary artery disease but the wrong antibiotic was tested

Vice President Al Gore is in excellent health and has not taken a sick day in eight years in the White House, Mr. Gore and his doctor said in their first full interviews about Mr. Gore's health. Mr. Gore is ''fit for duty,'' Dr. Richard J. Tubb, a White House physician and Mr. Gore's personal doctor since mid-1995, said of his patient on a flight on Air Force Two from Milwaukee to Washington on Oct. 11. In discussing Mr. Gore's family medical history, Dr. Tubb said he had not examined Mr. Gore's father, Albert Sr., but he believed that his death at age 90 in 1998 was from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Asked about the possibility his father had Alzheimer's, Mr. Gore rose forward on the couch and expressed surprise, saying, ''He did?'' Dr. Tubb, a nutritionist and a physiologist jointly recommended that Mr. Gore eat a diet of high complex carbohydrates, low saturated fats and high fiber to control his cholesterol. Mr. Gore said he ''very rarely'' drank alcohol and usually chose his menus. Referring to the salad and baklava that were served on the flight, Mr. Gore said he ate ''only 3 pieces of baklava today instead of the five I wanted.''

Dr. [John F. Eisold] has performed Mr. [Joseph I. Lieberman]'s recent annual checkups. He declined, as a matter of policy, to be interviewed and instead issued a summary of Mr. Lieberman's medical history. Dr. [Mark L. Schwartz] said in a lengthy interview that his care of Mr. Lieberman is now limited to examining his colon every three years. Mr. Lieberman has had several noncancerous growths removed, and his father died of colon cancer. He is due for another examination next year. Mr. Lieberman said his most disconcerting medical problem was an inflamed esophagus from gastro-esophageal reflux. The first episode occurred about 10 years ago when he woke up with chest pain. Concerned that he might be having a heart attack, Mr. Lieberman called his neighbor, Dr. Schwartz. A cardiac examination, including a stress test, found no evidence of heart disease, Dr. Schwartz said

Mr. [George W. Bush]'s running mate, Dick Cheney, 59, has had three heart attacks, but none since a quadruple bypass operation in 1988. Last summer, two doctors issued letters saying Mr. Cheney was in ''excellent health'' and briefly summarizing his medical history. Mr. Cheney has declined requests to interview him and his doctors about his health, even though the doctors said they wanted to talk. They are Jonathan S. Reiner, a cardiologist, and Gary Malakoff, an internist, at George Washington University Medical Center in Washington. Before selecting Mr. Cheney as his running mate, Mr. Bush said ''Dick had talked to his doctor and then I got Dr. Denton Cooley to call Dick's doctor to discuss the record and I talked to Dick extensively about his health.'' Mr. Cheney has stopped smoking. But people who have known Mr. Cheney said he has gained substantial amounts of weight since he was secretary of defense in the Bush administration through early 1993. The Cheney campaign declined to disclose his weights

Three major goals of the award will be to make the Albany Medical Center well known, to focus international attention on the city of Albany as a major center for excellence in health care and to create a wider awareness of the central role that academic medical centers play in medicine around the world, [Morris Silverman] and Albany Medical Center officials said

The policy comes at a time when proponents of electronic publishing and the Internet are challenging traditional print scientific journals to allow speedier dissemination of research findings. The restrictions and embargoes that journals have imposed on their contents in recent years have created a contentious issue between journalists, who contend that the measures restrict the gathering of news in a timely way, and journal editors, who say their scrutiny protects the public from misleading information. Dr. George D. Lundberg, Dr. [Catherine D. DeAngelis]'s predecessor, who was dismissed as editor of the journal, said in an interview that ''the use of the word 'must' in this context sounds far more proscriptive than the practice we maintained at JAMA in the 1990's.'' Dr. Lundberg, who wrote the 1991 policy, also said that ''this seems heavy handed and could intimidate authors, especially younger investigators.'' Indeed, such restrictions have helped vastly increase profits for journal owners that include professional organizations like the American Medical Association. The restrictions are often referred to as the Ingelfinger rule after Dr. Franz Ingelfinger, who imposed them when he was editor of The New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Ingelfinger said that he imposed restrictions to protect his journal's newsworthiness and economic self-interest. Many journals that have adopted the rule do not disclose their profits or what they do with them

Dr. George Lundberg, [Catherine DeAngelis]' predecessor, who was dismissed as editor of the journal, said 'the use of the word 'must' in this context sounds far more proscriptive than the practice we maintained at JAMA in the 1990s.' Referring to journals that restricted what scientists could say before their papers were published, Dr. Edward Huth, former editor of the Annals of Internal Medicine, said he has long felt that such journals 'were basically looking after economic self-interest.' JAMA's new policy contrasts sharply with two editorials the journal published in 1981 that criticized the [Franz Ingelfinger] rule and the 'buttoned-lip syndrome' that reporters encountered at scientific meetings

Indeed, such restrictions have helped vastly increase profits for journal owners. The restrictions are often referred to as the Ingelfinger rule after Dr. Franz Ingelfinger, who imposed them when he was editor of The New England Journal of Medicine. Ingelfinger said that he imposed restrictions to protect his journal's newsworthiness and economic self-interest. Many journals that have adopted the rule do not disclose their profits or what they do with them

The vaccine is derived from killed influenza viruses. After a flu shot, the immune system takes about two weeks to develop protection against the influenza virus. The CDC influenza surveillance system aims primarily at identifying the influenza virus, not the many other ones that are now causing upper respiratory tract infections. At this time of year, most colds and upper respiratory tract infections are caused by rhinovirus, respiratory syncytial virus and para-influenza viruses, said Dr. Larry J. Anderson, a CDC epidemiologist who helps track respiratory illness in this country

Two sexually transmitted diseases, chlamydia and gonorrhea, lead the list of reported infections in the United States. Until now, the two have moved in opposite directions