Thursday, June 16, 1977
Laetrile effects debatable
NEW YORK (UPI)—After four years of testing Laetrile in animals, doctors at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center here have found no evidence that it cures or incurs cancer or is beneficial in treating malignant tumors, the scientists said here Wednesday.
believed to be the most definitive to date.
Advocates content that Laitrile, which is derived from apricot and peach pits and bitter almonds, and is known technically as amygdalin, is beneficial against cancer.
The Food and Drug Administration has banned it from interstate commerce on the basis of safety and effectiveness have not been proven, but in recent months, several states have authorized its use within their boundaries.
The series of animal experiments was followed to the most important to date.
Laetrile was tested in a series of animal tumor systems that the scientists contended could detect any anticancer benefits the substance had. All cancer drugs now prescribed have shown benefit in such animal systems.
LAETRHE HAD NO apparent harmful effects in mice, except when very large doses were fed by mouth or when administered by faulty injection techniques. In large doses, Laetrhe can produce cyanide poisoning. Last week, a 10-month-old girl died in a Buffalo, N.Y., hospital of cyanide poisoning resulting from the ac
Hospital helps allergy victims BY ROBERT GODREY
Staff Writer
The University of Kansas students who are sensitive to the thousands of irritating airborne particles might find some relief at Watkins Memorial Hospital, at Watkins Memorial Hospital.
According to Martin Wallmann, director of health services, actual testing to find the cause of allergy symptoms isn't done at the hospital. The department specializes personnel and equipment,
Wollmann said, however, that a student who has previously been to an allergy specialist could store desensitizing extracts in the refrigerator and receive shots prescribed by a physician.
Shots are administered by clinic nurses, the cost of which is covered by health fees.
For asthma sufferers, Wollmann said, the hospital provides oxygen. Most people, however, know they have asthma by the time they reach college and are aware of which physical activities might spur an attack.
Asthma inflames the bronchial tubes, a condition that interferes with air passage in the lungs. Asthma is caused by an allergy, and a person may contract an asthma. Asthma can be caused by an allergy, and a person may contract an asthma.
But the clinic can try to find the cause of the condition by using X-ray cultures, and cultures.
Wallmann said that most students could be treated for asthma as outpatients, but that those who get serious attacks would be admitted to the hospital.
For persons seriously inflicted with asthma, new medicines called steroids are very effective in reducing the frequency of attacks. Other therapies were used only in serious cases, however.
Clinic hours are 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
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cidental ingestion an unknown number of the Lasteira rillie that her father was taking
Dir. Carol Reed with Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood,
In the animal experiments, the addition of Laetrile to drugs known to be effective against cancer did not influence their resistance to these markers, according to the cancer researchers.
These doctors said that they had used Laetrile that had been prepared in Mexico for the McNaughton Foundation, a major employer in Arizona, and that experiments were done primarily by researchers at Sloan-Kettering with collaboration from colleagues at Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens and the Food and Drug Administration.
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the pain-killing, mood-altering and therapeutic effects of Laetrile in human cancer patients. The National Cancer Institute recently said that it was con-
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THOMAS ALSO CALLED on federal epidemiologists to evaluate in retrospect the effectiveness of Laetrile taken by people.
Dr. Lewis Thomas, president of Sloan Kettering, urged that cancer centers test
Dr. C. Chester Stock, a member of the research team, said that he had found no beneficial effects when he tested Laerlite in a clinical interview that he had not published those experiments because the results had been negative and because Laerlite was just one of the many drugs that Saon-Kettering had tested and found without value in cancer therapy.
WASHINGTON (UPD) — The Council on Wage and Price Stability said Wednesday that a ban on saccharin could drive up health costs and urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to study the problem of removing the sweetener from the market.
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Council urges study before saccharin ban
The council said it did not know what financial impact a saccharin ban would have, but the costs of denying saccharin to consumers—especially teenage diabetics—could be calculated in emotional and health terms.
But the council, an advisory body that monitors the nation's economy for the President, said it stopped short of recommending new measures. The schedule is scheduled to take effect this summer.
It said consumers who were denied saccharin products, such as diet soft drinks, would feel frustrated and might develop health problems.
There "is" the additional incidence of severely out-of-control diabetes that may occur, particularly among the approximately 80,000 juvenile diabetics . . . the average cost of such episodes of dietary straying could be determined in terms of local health, community mortality and associated health costs," the council said.
"Analysis suggests that the costs of the proposed saccharin ban may be larger than those estimated by the FDA," the council said.
It suggested further study by the FDA to refine both cost and benefit estimates.
Because Canadian tests show that rats develop bladder cancer when fed large amounts of saccharin, the FDA fears the sweetener could cause cancer in human beings and has proposed banning it later this summer.
Last week, Sen. Edward Kennedy, chief health expert in the Senate, proposed an 18-month delay in the ban, and a similar move was suggested by Rep. Paul Rogers, D-Fla., who specializes in health matters in the House.
But it appears almost certain the agency will be overruled by Congress.
Kennedy said, however, that products containing saccharin—including diet soft drinks—should be prohibited in vending machines and in restaurants. Products in saccharin products should be allowed.
FDA Commissioner Donald Kennedy said he did not like Congress to interfere with the agency's decisions on a chemical by chemical basis, but conceded that Capitol Hill was likely to order a delay on the saccharin ban.
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