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Cat Scratch Fever, a previously untreatable bacterial infection usually resulting from cat scratches, can now be treated with strong antibiotic

Reserchers are blaming a common virus in the hardening of the arteries that often develops as a fatal complication among heart transplant recipients

Although no licensed vaccine exists for hepatitis A, scientists have begun testing experimental vaccines against this form of viral hepatitis

''It is difficult to conceive of any strategy short of routine immunization of children or adolescents that could bring about control of hepatitis B infection in the United States,'' said Dr. Mark A. Kane, an expert in the epidemiology of hepatitis at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. Although no licensed vaccine exists for hepatitis A, scientists have begun testing experimental vaccines against this form of viral hepatitis. Even if these experimental vaccines prove safe, they will have to pass trials to test their effectiveness, and such products are still years away. Dr. Kane said that adding hepatitis B vaccine to standard infant immunization programs and giving booster shots later, if needed, ''holds the best promise for long-term control of hepatitis B in the United States.'' But such a practice would not lead to measurable disease reduction for two decades.

A new study found that the death rates for operations to repair aneurysms, coronary bypass surgery, stomach surgery and colon surgery were higher when performed by a doctor with less experience

A new federal health report stated that deaths from lung cancer continue to rise sharply among women in the US

According to new, yet inconclusive studies on the mysterious and usually fatal ovarian cancer, certain dietary and biological factors may increase the risk of getting cancer of the ovary

All children in the US sholud be given a second shot for measles, as should all adults under 32

''If they are concerned about passing syphilis in blood transfusions, then why aren't they concerned about Lyme disease?'' said Dr. Alan G. Barbour, an expert in spirochetes at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio. Asking people who live in Lyme-infected areas to refrain from donating blood would be impractical and unjustified ''in the face of no measurable benefit,'' Dr. [Sandler] said. The ticks are usually found in the brush and woods, but they have also been found on suburban lawns. Dr. Willy Burgdorfer, who discovered the Lyme spirochete at the Public Health Service's Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton, Mont., said, ''We know nothing about how long the spirochete is present in the bloodstream, and that problem has to be addressed.''

The studies, which are expected to take two years, have not begun because the FDA has not yet responded to proposals submitted by the manufacturers. In lithotripsy treatments, a patient sits in a bath positioned so that the kidney stone is at the focal point of a shock wave generator. A spinal anesthetic is injected to numb the patient, who then receives about a thousand small shocks