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A special technique called arterial coil embolization was used to treat police officer Henry Ortiz, who was shot and seriously wounded May 1, 1990. The technique used by doctors at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn NY was developed there

The evidence from a small study at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in New York seems to explain why some babies born to women infected with the AIDS virus develop the infection while others do not. The Einstein team's finding is based on a new test that detects the body's reaction to a tiny portion of the AIDS virus' outer coat, called the principal neutralizing determinant, or PND, which is present in the protein known as gp 120

Scientists from Yeshiva University are reporting new evidence that antibodies can apparently prevent transmission of the AIDS virus from mother to fetus and subsequent development of the disease in the baby

Dr. [Lon Castle] said he has ''squelched the careers of a few guys by telling them you've failed your medical exam.'' In taking such drastic action, he said he disciplines himself to look at the athlete as a person before considering him as an athlete. The key question, he said, ''is are you putting someone at undue risk by letting him play?'' In answering it, he said, ''you have to get detached and never let the pressure get to you.'' ''Many cardiologists have a reputation for being unrealistic'' about athletes' problems by asking for many tests and imposing harsh restrictions that may not be warranted, said Dr. James Garrick, a sports medicine expert in San Francisco

Because many people with acquired immune deficiency syndrome have a relentlessly downhill course, despite the presence of antibodies to the AIDS virus, many scientists have questioned whether any such antibodies are protective, as they are in other viral diseases. The Einstein team's finding is based on a new test that detects the body's reaction to a tiny portion of the AIDS virus's outer coat, called the principal neutralizing determinant, or PND, which is present in the surface protein known as gp 120. Of the 15 infected mothers, 13 had no symptoms of AIDS. [Arye Rubinstein] said the team was trying to confirm the findings in a larger group of infants in New York and in the Netherlands and to learn what, if any, other factor distinguishes the pregnant women with the high affinity PND from other pregnant women

Studies in New York and two other states have strongly linked Showa Denko, a major Japanese chemical company, with US cases of a sometimes fatal blood disorder that has been associated with the dietary supplement L-tryptophan. The disorder is known as eosinophilia myalgia syndrome, or EMS

Two teams of researchers, one French and one American, report that they have developed separate ways to improve the success rates of kidney transplant surgery, both involving the use of drugs that are used to keep the body from rejecting new organs

The suit asserts [Hank Gathers] was not told his heart condition was potentially fatal, that the team physician and trainer did not shock Gathers' heart with a defibrillator in time after he fell unconscious in a game on March 4 and that the dose of his medication was reduced at [Paul Westhead]'s request because the drug was affecting Gathers' performance

The lawsuit, citing letters between the physicians and excerpts from the medical records, outlined this sequence of events: On Jan. 29, [Hank Gathers]'s cardiologist, Dr. Vernon Hattori, wrote a letter to Gathers's primary physician, Dr. Michael Mellman, saying that [Paul Westhead] had asked Hattori to reduce the dose of propranolol or to change to another drug because the star's performance was ''substantially subpar.'' Over a period, Hattori reduced the dose from 240 to 120 to 80 mg. a day. The letter said that Coach Westhead had told Dr. Hattori that Gathers's ''athletic performance was still substantially subpar and that he felt strongly that the medication should be changed.'' Westhead, in a report in yesterday's Los Angeles Times, was quoted as saying he had not asked for reduced medication. While time was of the essence, [Bruce G. Fagel] said, Gathers's mother and aunt pleaded that ''someone do something.'' He also said that the doctors did not carry out their duties to resuscitate Gathers in a cardiac arrest to avoid offending the spectators and television audience.

A gene that puts people at risk of becoming alcoholics has been identified for the first time, opening avenues of research for prevention and treatment of alcoholism