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Several laser treatments usually are required, although some tattoos can be removed in one session, said the researchers, who were led by Dr. R. Rox Anderson. Anderson's team reported on the removal of 57 tattoos from 19 men and women who were described as desperate to get rid of tattoos. The tattooed skin turns white, swells and feels warm for about a day. Because the beams are not absorbed by the blood, they do not destroy blood vessels nourishing the skin and the skin is not harmed. The body's scavenger cells remove the shattered pigment and some skin cells are shed, as they are when a sunburn peels

The standard operation for enlarged prostates in men is performed 400,000 times each year in the US. Recent research has discovered that men who have this surgery face increased risk of fatal heart attacks

LEAD: BARBARA BUSH'S recent disclosure that her thyroid gland ''just went whacko'' focused attention on the serious problems that can result when something disturbs the production of hormones by the thyroid. BARBARA BUSH'S recent disclosure that her thyroid gland ''just went whacko'' focused attention on the serious problems that can result when something disturbs the production of hormones by the thyroid. [Graves]' disease can also be difficult to detect because the eye symptoms can occur before or after the thyroid goes out of kilter. The disease is one of many autoimmune disorders in which the body's defense system attacks its organs. Antibodies in Graves' disease attack the thyroid, stimulating production of excessive amounts of thyroid hormones

NEW YORK - Heart patients who undergo bypass surgery appear to have a better chance of long-term survival than patients who undergo drug treatment alone, a new study has reported. The study, in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, involved patients whose coronary arteries were clogged by fatty deposits from atherosclerosis

Heart patients who undergo bypass surgery appear to have a better chance of long-term survival than patients who undergo drug treatment alone, a new study published in the Journal of the AMA reports

Barbara Bush was doing fine Wednesday after being treated with a radioactive substance to destroy an overactive thyroid gland, a spokeswoman said. The radioactive therapy is standard for overactive thyroid glands, or hyperthyroidism. The aim is to destroy the production of all thyroid hormones, which regulate the body's metabolism and many other functions

''She's just fine, piece of cake, never broke her stride,'' said Mrs. [Barbara Bush]'s press secretary, Anna Perez, after Mrs. Bush returned to the White House. Mrs. Bush's thyroid gland had become overactive in recent weeks from a condition of unknown cause called [Robert J. Graves]' disease. It had irritated her eyes and caused her to lose 18 pounds. After blood tests confirmed doctors' suspicions that Mrs. Bush's symptoms were due to Graves' disease, they began treatment with a drug called methimazole, or Tapazole, which blocks the production of thyroid hormones

Barbara Bush was doing fine Wednesday after being treated with a radioactive substance to destroy an overactive thyroid gland, a spokeswoman said. ``She's just fine, piece of cake, never broke her stride,`` said Mrs. Bush's press secretary, Anna Perez, after Mrs. Bush returned to the White House

Dr. Robert C. Gallo, the co-discoverer of the AIDS virus and a virologist at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md., said that while Dr. [Lo]'s findings ''obviously piqued my curiosity,'' they were ''certainly shrouded with a lot of mystery.'' Dr. [David Baltimore], who works at the Whitehead Institute in Boston, said that it is Dr. Lo's ''responsibility to make his reagents available to the scientific community'' and that ''the ball is entirely in Lo's court.'' ''That is ridiculous for a scholarly person,'' Dr. [Anthony S. Fauci] said, ''and he turned off a lot of people.''