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P: The Hoover Commission, instead of trying to save the Government money, denounced Secretary Hobby's Department of Health, Education and Welfare for not having spent enough--on research. Specific target: $7,400,000 needed by the National Institutes of Health for a backlog of 723 research projects on topics ranging from mental health to photosynthesis.

P: Rheumatoid arthritis is not only a disease of the joints, researchers reported to the American Rheumatism Association: a victim is likely to develop also rheumatoid heart disease and a disorder of the blood vessels, especially in the legs.

P:But for some sufferers from rheumatoid arthritis, so often disappointed by over-optimistic claims for new treatments, there was good news. First, favorable impressions of the value of a new steroid, Meticorten (TIME, Nov. 15), have been confirmed, reported the Public Health Service's Dr. Joseph J. Bunim. The drug is five times as powerful as cortisone or hydrocortisone. Main trouble: the drug also causes unwelcome side effects, must be used under strict medical care.

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