A medical crusader for editorial freedom: fired journal editor George D. Lundberg makes it a religion to serve the interests of patients

Article Abstract:

Lundberg's unceremonious dismissal as editor of the 'Journal of the American Medical Association' has ignited debates about editorial freedom. American Medical Assn CEO E. Ratcliffe Anderson Jr said that his decision to fire Lundberg stemmed from the latter's accelerated publication of a study showing that majority of a sample of college students did not consider oral-genital contact as a sexual encounter. The article was published amid the political controversy surrounding Pres Bill Clinton's impeachment trial.

Research, Analysis, Officials and employees, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Oral sex, JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association (Periodical), Patient advocacy, Lundberg, George D.

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The way to go in space

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Scientists are thinking of ways to overcome the main obstacle to space flight for the common people which is the large amount of expense needed to put any object into space. New ideas include the solar orbit transfer vehicle, the roton rotary rocket and the heavy space plane.

Innovations, Space flight, Interplanetary voyages

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Vested interests

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A new National Institute of Justice standard for bullet-resistant vests may give Allied-Signal's Spectra Shield polyethylene composite a competitive advantage over Du Pont's Kevlar.

Organic fibers, noncellulosic, Search and navigation equipment, Petroleum refining, Standards, Product information, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., AlliedSignal Inc., United States. National Institute of Justice, Kevlar (Textile fiber)

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