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An autopsy showed that Hank Gathers, the Loyloa Marymount basketball star who collapsed during a game and died soon after, had not taken his prescribed heart medication for at least eight hours before his death. The 23-year-old senior died of a heart-muscle disorder, cardiomyopathy

Joan Abramson, a spokeswoman for [Jonas Salk], said that his team has applied to California health officials for approval to test the immunization on noninfected individuals in the hope that the antibodies they produce after vaccination might be used to help infected people. Researchers say they are seeking Roman Catholic priests and nuns as volunteers because of their celibacy. If any of the volunteers developed AIDS, it would be because the vaccine was flawed. The passive immunization approach is expected to prevent further deterioration of the immune system and to allow people with AIDS to help ward off many of the infections that cause their deaths

An experimental AIDS immunization program conducted by Jonas Salk and his research associates is examined. The testing began in 1988 and permission has been given to expand the program to include more test subjects

''I like being right,'' Dr. Sands said in an interview, ''but I sure don't like to be right this way.'' ''Basketball was not in this man's future, and I felt really bad because he was losing tremendous economic potential,'' Dr. Sands said. ''The sport was Mr. [Tony Penny]'s ticket out of poverty.'' ''Taking the game away from him was almost like taking his life away,'' the cardiologist said. Mr. Penny believed Dr. Sands was wrong because a cardiologist in England, where his brother was playing professional basketball, told him that his heart condition was not serious and that he could play again. ''The only way you can be proven right is to have that fellow do what you fear he will do, that is to drop dead,'' Dr. Sands said. ''There is no way to feel good about that. Even being right hurts a lot.''

Four larger studies combining data from several medical centers did not find a link between vasectomy and testicular cancer. However, the researchers said an even larger study would be needed to determine whether the link was valid. In the new Scottish study the average interval between vasectomy and the diagnosis of testicular cancer was 1.9 years. The range was from three months to four years. The relatively short time interval, the Scottish researchers said, raises the question whether vasectomy could accelerate growth of small tumors already present in the testicles and overlooked at the time of surgery

Researchers in Italy reported that the expensive drug TPA, or tissue plasminogen activator, and the cheaper alternative, streptokinase, both of which are used to treat heart attacks, are equally effective

Doctors and paramedics did not use a defibrillator while trying to resuscitate Gathers in the West Coast Conference championship game Sunday. Gathers died later at Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital in Marina del Rey, Calif. Details provided by the Los Angeles heart specialist were read to a spokesman for three cardiologists who treated Gathers. The specialist, who was not involved in Gathers' care and asked not to be identified, said his information came from a doctor who had detailed direct knowledge of the case. [Hank Gathers] was taking a drug called Inderal, which is often used to control the heart disorder, the Los Angeles Times reported. The dosage of the drug was reduced because Gathers had complained that while taking the drug he felt sluggish

Hank Gathers, the Loyola Marymount basketball star who collapsed and died on Mar 4, 1990 during a game, was previously diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a heart condition that could produce a potentially fatal heart-rhythm abnormality

A small study of men who have had vasectomies has found that large number of them later developed testicular cancer

The six-year study by American and Canadian researchers, the first involving only premature infants, supports eight earlier studies that found no benefit from electronic fetal monitoring when compared with careful monitoring by stethoscope. Although the researchers did not suggest that electronic monitoring be abandoned, they urged doctors to be ''attentive to the potentially adverse outcomes'' associated with it. Despite the results, Dr. [Roger Freeman] and the team led by Dr. Shy advised against abandoning the technology. ''We caution against making any wholesale changes in current approaches to fetal heart rate monitoring,'' Dr. Shy said, adding that his team hoped the findings would provoke discussion. Mothers in the electronically monitored group tended to have longer labor and delivery times after their infants' abnormal heart rate patterns were detected. Dr. Shy speculated that one reason for the difference might be that the continuous flow of data from the electronic monitoring ''could create an overly reassuring atmosphere in the labor room.''