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Show Better health ensured for coming year Hopefully, everyone may look forward to a. year of good health in 1967. As the American Medical Association points out, the past year was one of encouraging developments that may help ensure many a longer, more comfortable life. Here's some of the medical progress of 1966. The first successful implantation implanta-tion of artificial devices, popularly- hut incorrectly called "artifical hearts," into the chests of human beings to aid failing hearts. A drug that preliminary investigation in-vestigation indicated may improve im-prove memory. A dignified scientific study that gives a clearer understanding under-standing of the mysteries of human sexual response. is known as AMA. Volunteer Physicians for Vietnam. This past year was one in which American medicine made solid proposals for the kind of medical education required to provide communities with family fam-ily physicians a new kind of physician broadly educated in continuous, comprehe nsive health care. Finally, 1966 might be characterized char-acterized as the year of vaccines. vac-cines. A mumps vaccine proved nearly 100 per cent effective in clinical trials. A prophylactic vaccine showed nearly total effectiveness ef-fectiveness in protecting unborn infants against the deadly "Rh factor" in some mothers' blood. Work continued on German Ger-man measles vaccines, with great success reported in human hu-man trials. Wide use of . existing exist-ing vaccines was urged in a campaign to stamp out measles. The end of the road to perfect per-fect health has not been reached. reach-ed. Medicine makes no promise that it will ever certainly not in the near future. Physicians Physi-cians still lose battles against Adaptation and improvement of Russian-built artificial limbs by Canadian physicians. These devices derive motive power from the electrical potential of muscle, eliminating the need for straps and springs. Volunteers The past year saw many American physicians volunteer their skills to help fill the immense im-mense need of the South Vietnamese Viet-namese people for medical care. The program through which they volunteer for 60 days of service in Vietnamese hospitals such old killers as heart disease, di-sease, stroke and cancer. But prospects continue to improve im-prove for a rich, full life and a meaningful old age. Provide sleeping safety for foam filled bolster-type cushions cush-ions slide into pockets at either end of a length of terrycloth. This creates a pair of "bumpers" "bump-ers" which prevent baby from rolling off when placed on a regular bed. The machine-washable accessory comes in pink, maize or white with plastic carrying case. Detergents work by surrounding sur-rounding particles of dirt and keeping the particles from settling set-tling iin clothes. Grayness of clothes occurs when too little detergent is used. |