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and chronic disease are those
which help promote the building
of protein and bone tissue in
the body. He suggested that adj
ministration of such substances
be as "a sort Of replacement
therapy. so that aged individuals
would receive youthful quotas
of such hormones."
DR., Pincus amid his coworkers
obtained data on hormone levels
in the body by measuring urinary
excretions of these substances.
Effect Of Treatment
In another paper. DR.. G.
Donald Whedon Of the National
Institute of Arthritis and Meta
bolic Diseases. Bethesda, Md.
discussed the effect of hormone
treatment on osteoporosis-a
disorder affecting the aged
which is caused by insufficient
mineral deposits in the bone.
DR.. Whedon noted that min
eral deposits in the bone might
be increased through adminis-
tration Of hormone preparations.
Food intake and stage of the
disease also may play a part in
the effectiveness Of the hormone
treatment. DR.. Whedon pointed
out.
Consumption of rich but un-
balanced diets by many Ameri-I
cans puts large percentage Of
our population on the road to-
such coronary diseases as
hardening of the arteries. ac-I
cording to DR.. Ruth Pick of the
Michael Reese Hospital Medical
Research Institute. Chicago.
"Atherosclerosis. as the dis
ease is known. represents the
greatest single cause of death
in the United States and Western
Europe" said DR.. Pick. She
observed that where people live
on low fat-low calorie diets for
a period of time. atherosclerosis
is rare. Furthermore, she con-
tinued. when diets high in fat,
and calories were altered due to
war. the high death rates from
atherosclerosis declined, and
rose again when the old diet was
resumed.
Nutritional Status Discussed
THE aging process involves an
altered nutritional status as well
as an altered hormone status"
DR.. James H. Leathem. professor
Of zoology at RUTGERS University,
New Brunswick, N j., reported.
Consideration must be given
to the influence of protein nu-
triton on hormone action" Dr..
Leathem said. He indicated that
compounds with a major effect
on protein retention would gain
usefulness If they could aid in
refilling body protein stores and
in increasing weight in persons
recovering from serious illnesses.
A new family Of drugs for
lowering blood pressure and
substitute for morphine as a
pain killer which is not habit
forming and acts four times as
fast as morphine were an
nounced.
The new pain killer was de-
scribed by DR.. George Destevens
of the Cha Pharmaceutical
Corp. 1t belongs to a group of
chemicals known as thiazolins,
which are complex molecules
containing combination of car
bon. hydrogen. nitrogen and
sulfur atoms. In animal tests !.
1t has been found to relieve pain |
in 10 minutes, against As min
utes for morphine. It now is /
being tested on humans. /
Have Blocking Effect
Like morphine. the new drug
belongs to the family Of anal
gesics. or agents which ease pain
without producing unconscious
ness. Tests with rats and mice |
indicate that 1t is without the
most serious side effect OF NOR
phine. tendency to slow
breathing. The exact way in
which analgesics work is not
known. but it is generally be-
lieved that they have a blocking
effect on the central nervous sys-
tenn. The mechanism Of the new
drug. however. appears to be
somewhat different from that Of
morphine.
The new family Of blood