Presents results of a national commission's investigation of psychosurgery. Results indicate the procedure to be effective in the cure of patients suffering from pain accompanied by depression, while avoiding the destruction caused by prefrontal lobotomies. (SL)

Presents arguments in favor of continued medical research even though there appear to be social and/or ethical consequences involved in the research. (SL)

Recently medium-sized computers have begun to play an important role in scientific research involving small groups of investigators, especially in the health sciences. Discusses computer applications in some of the projects at the National Institutes of Health, and applications in the fields of medicine and mental health. (JR)

In eighteen chronic schizophrenics, subcutaneous doses of the dopamine reception agonist, apomorphine, improved psychotic symptoms. The results are interpreted as a consequence of presynaptic dopamine receptor activationby apomorphine with a subsequent decrease in dopamine-mediated neural transmission. (Author/BB)

Reports that amphetamine given to normal boys resulted in a marked decrease in motor activity and reaction time, and improved performance on cognitive test, a response similar to those observed in hyperactive children. (SL)

Reviews recent research in the treatment and cause of hyperactivity in children. (SL)

Reports that a number of minor physical anomalies, assessable soon after birth, are significantly related to a cluster of behaviors at age three that are frequently labeled hyperactivity. (SL)

Discusses social, political, and ethical aspects of conducting medical clinical trials as well as their cost, benefits, and pitfalls. (SL)

Federal aids provided for training in biomedical research may be stopped. Scientists are pressing for continuation by persuading the administration and possibly winning legislators' support. (PS)

Describes an intensive search and analysis of the literature pertaining to cardiovascular disease which led the authors to conclude that a generous portion of the nation's biomedical research dollars should be directed toward basic research. (MLH)