¶ I Fearful that infectious hepatitis (jaundice) is being spread in all civilized countries by virus in blood and plasma, the World Health Organization issued a global warning: blood donors should be more carefully screened for jaundice carriers, and doctors should give transfusions only when absolutely necessary.
¶ Snow shoveling can be bad for the heart, especially if done too fast, said two Springfield, Mass, physiologists after doing some figuring. The shovel itself weighs about 5 Ibs., a load of dry snow adds 3¾ Ibs., and wet snow adds up to 17½ Ibs. Shoveling wet snow with might & main for ten minutes strains the heart as much as running up 61 flights of stairs. Their advice: “Shovel slowly.”
¶ Cortisone is extremely useful in many eye infections because it prevents scarring of the cornea, but it has no power to kill the germs. Now the Upjohn Co. has combined cortisone with the antibiotic neomycin, expects the two-way treatment to be especially valuable in pinkeye.
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