The editorial drew parallels between these studies and the Tuskegee experiments with syphilis, citing both as unethical, but the two researchers insisted that these trials were the only practical means to prove that AZT works. The researchers showed that both viruses could infect human cells in test tubes. However, researchers say that women should not stop taking the drugs without consulting a physician because the risk of high blood pressure outweigh the possible risk of breast cancer. Previous studies did not find an increase in breast cancer risk. Most of the data were collected from women taking older forms of calcium channel blockers, while newer ones predominate now.
Buddhist traditions forbid removing any part of a human body under any circumstances.
Under old laws, organs cannot be removed until the heart stops beating, regardless of whether the brain is functioning. The new law recognizes brain death. However, due to the lack of donors and dearth of clinical experience, organ transplantation is unlikely to be prevalent any time soon. Those at risk of contracting the disease are also to be fitted with respirators, while TB patients have isolation areas. The heart of a Jewish child killed in an accident is now beating within an Arab toddler, who had a congenital heart defect.