Reports on a recent study of the role of chemistry in medicine, particularly in drug research and development. Includes eight major recommendations which come from the study. (CP)

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

Presents several research studies which investigate how emotional and psychological factors relate to the risk of getting cancer. The need for bringing psychologists, psychotherapists, biochemists and other specialists in team efforts to investigate psychosomatic aspects of cancer is recommended. (HM)

The goals of research, it is suggested, must reflect the needs of the times. Recent research showing that much disease and illness may be preventable is the impetus for government sponsorship of health promotion/disease prevention activities in the medical community. (MLW)