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A A MARLOW

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PubMed1956

Nutritional problems and blood dyscrasias in aging patients.

Accurate solution of the problems of aging awaits better understanding and definition of senescence. However, adequate nutrition ranks high on the list of causes of increased longevity and happiness in old age. Optimum diets for aging people differ from other age groups only in some reduction in total calories. The digestive apparatus of older people is adequate except when influenced by pathological conditions. Hematologic standards are essentially unchanged in aging persons. Proper management of hematological problems in all age groups depends on accurate diagnosis. Aged patients tolerate diagnostic procedures very well under gentle management. Pure nutritional anemia is rare but poor nutrition is an important complicating factor in the management of blood dyscrasias in older people.

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PubMed1953

New therapy for leukemia, polycythemia, and lymphoma.

X-radiation remains the treatment of choice in most cases of leukemia and lymphoma, but new agents are playing an increasing role in therapy. Radioactive phosphorus does not produce radiation sickness and results with it are comparable to those of x-ray therapy in chronic leukemia. Urethane and nitrogen mustard may produce remissions in patients with chronic leukemia who have become resistant to radiation. Triethylene melamine may be administered orally with nitrogen mustard-like effects and is undergoing further trial. Aminopterin, ACTH and cortisone often cause short remissions in acute leukemia. Urethane is the best treatment available for multiple myeloma. Polycythemia vera is well controlled by radioactive phosphorus combined with venesection. Nitrogen mustard is often effective and triethylene melamine shows promise in Hodgkin's disease. Antianemic substances such as iron and liver extract are of no value in the treatment of anemia caused by leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.

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