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Two more patients of a Florida dentist, David J. Acer, have become infected with the same strain of the AIDS virus that killed him, bringing to five the number of patients known to have been infected by him in his practice, Florida health officials said

Using short blasts of heat delivered through a tiny tube, doctors are curing more than 90% of patients with two types of racing heart without surgery or long-term drug therapy, new studies show

Sanitary engineers are testing the drinking water at the White House and three other residences in their search for a clue to why President Bush, his wife, Barbara, and their dog, Millie, all have autoimmune ailments, White House officials said

Sanitary engineers are testing the drinking water at the White House and three other residences to determine whether chemicals might have triggered autoimmune ailments in President Bush, his wife, Barbara, and their dog, Millie, White House officials said Tuesday. Water taken from Camp David and Walker's Point, the Bushes' summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine, are being tested. Water is also being analyzed at the vice president's residence on the grounds of the US Naval Observatory in northwestern Washington, where the Bushes lived from 1981 to 1989 while Bush was vice president. BLACK & WHITE PHOTO; President Bush leaves a Kennebunkport, Maine, drugstore with a bag of unknown contents after a round of golf at the Cape Arundel Golf Club on Tuesday. His residences are being checked for health reasons. (AP) caption: Leader of the pack George Bush (A02) (AFP); Credit: Agence France-Presse:The Associated Press

President Bush, like his wife, Barbara, has received a diagnosis of Graves' disease, an autoimmune ailment of unknown cause. It is rare enough for a husband and wife to contract the disease, which is not known to be communicable. Even odder is that [Millie], the Bushes' dog, also has an autoimmune disease, one known as lupus. The cluster of cases may be pure coincidence. But could whatever caused Millie's lupus also have induced the Graves' disease that has afflicted Bush and his wife? Last summer, 3 1/2 years after she joined the Bush household, Millie, a springer spaniel who has been the subject of a best-selling book, developed what was later diagnosed as lupus. The uncommon disorder of humans and dogs can cause anemia, arthritis, kidney damage and a butterfly-shaped rash on the face

President [Marvin Bush], like his wife, Barbara, has received a diagnosis of Graves' disease, an autoimmune ailment of unknown cause. It is rare enough for a husband and wife to contract the disease, which is not known to be communicable. Even odder is that [Millie], the Bushes' dog, also has an autoimmune disease, one known as lupus. The cluster of cases, of course, may be pure coincidence. But could whatever caused Millie's lupus also have induced the Graves' disease that has afflicted Bush and his wife? That is a possibility that has intrigued medical experts around the country, and it is now being considered by the president's physician, Burton Lee. Last summer, 3 1/2 years after she joined the Bush household, Millie, a springer spaniel who has been the subject of a best-selling book, developed what was later diagnosed as lupus. The uncommon disorder of humans and dogs can cause a butterfly-shaped rash on the face, anemia, arthritis and kidney damage. Lupus is considered a classic model of an autoimmune disease

Federal health officials are looking into whether there were unnecessary delays in searching for recipients of organs and tissues from the body of a Virginia man apparently infected with the AIDS virus. At issue is whether the hospital should have informed state officials of their suspicions sooner

The President's disease was diagnosed this month, the First Lady's in January 1990, and [Millie]'s last summer. So in a span of 16 months, three members of the Bush household have contracted a disease in which the immune system, for unknown reasons, interferes with the body's own tissues. The cluster of cases, of course, may be pure coincidence. But could whatever caused Millie's lupus also have induced the [Graves]' disease that has afflicted Mr. Bush and his wife? That is a possibility that has intrigued medical experts around the country, and it is now being considered by the President's physician, Dr. Burton J. Lee 3d. Graves' disease is much more common in women than men for reasons that remain uncertain. The Bushes' doctors have called the coincidence bizarre and have cited chances of one in three million that a husband and wife will develop Graves' disease. Other experts, like Dr. Paul W. Ladenson, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, have come up with an estimate of one in 100,000

President [Marvin Bush], like his wife, Barbara, has received a diagnosis of Graves' disease, an autoimmune ailment of unknown cause. It is rare enough for a husband and wife to contract the disease, which is not known to be communicable. Even odder is that Millie, the Bushes' dog, also has an autoimmune disease, one known as lupus. The cluster of cases, of course, might be pure coincidence. But could whatever caused Millie's lupus also have induced the Graves' disease that has afflicted Bush and his wife? That is a possibility that has intrigued medical experts around the nation, and it is now being considered by the president's physician, Dr. Burton J. Lee. Graves' disease is much more common in women than men for reasons that remain uncertain. The Bushes' doctors have called the coincidence bizarre and have cited chances of one in 3 million that a husband and wife will develop Graves' disease. Other experts, such as Dr. Paul W. Ladenson, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, have come up with an estimate of one in 100,000

President Bush, like his wife, Barbara, has received a diagnosis of Graves' disease, an autoimmune ailment of unknown cause. It is rare enough for a husband and wife to contract the disease, which is not known to be communicable. Even odder is that Millie, the Bushes' dog, also has an autoimmune disease, one known as lupus. The cluster of cases may be pure coincidence. But could whatever caused Millie's lupus also have induced the Graves' disease that has afflicted Bush and his wife? That is a possibility that has intrigued medical experts around the country, and it is now being considered by the president's physician, Dr. Burton Lee. HYPOTHETICAL CAUSES One focus of the search will be for a history of autoimmune disorders on each side of the Bush family. Their son, Marvin Bush, has regional enteritis, an autoimmune disorder. STATISTICAL FLUKES