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To: Lane3 who wrote (96635)1/25/2005 1:28:31 PM
From: Mary Cluney  Read Replies (2) of 793706
 
A new drug illustrates the issue. BiDil is a medication for patients with heart failure that appears to be much more effective in treating black patients than whites. It may soon become the first drug marketed specifically to members of a particular racial group.

This has to be some hoax. What do they mean by black? Is it just Afro-Americans and not Africans from Africa that are black (leaving Afro-Europeans aside for the moment)? Is it just due to skin color and regardless of where you are from? Or do your ancestry have to contain a certain percentage with a certain skin coloration and geographic location within similar tribes.

So, if I am treating Tiger Woods - what do I do?

Just because somebody writes about this stuff, doesn't mean it has validity.

I am sure you can find some correllation with drugs that work on short people more effectively than on tall people.

There is no doubt people with red hair may be more prone to certain kinds of skin cancer.

Ugly people may be more prone to certain ulcers?

We know that all kinds of stuff can happen to fat people. Tall fat people may even be more susceptible. Short, fat and ugly people may have diseases of their own.

(Edit: I couldn't resist. I left out the beautiful people. They have to have medicine that are targeted for them).
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