An experimental treatment for Alzheimer's Disease originally developed 5 years ago by Arcadia Dr. William K. Summers has been recommended to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The drug is called THA.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 1, 1991
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 1, 1991
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p. A-1
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Summers, William K.
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Families of 13 Alzheimer's disease patients filed a class action law suit to order the government to approve the drug THA. Dr. William Summers of Arcadia was the first to report that THA was effective against Alzheimer's disease 5 years ago.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 20, 1991
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p. B-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 20, 1991
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p. B-2
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Summers, William K.
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The Food and Drug Administration cleared the way Monday for expanded testing of the drug THA, a promising drug to treat Alzheimer's Disease. Arcadia resident Dr. William Summers first reported that THA was beneficial to Alzheimer's patients in 1986 in an article in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 8, 1991
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p. A-2 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 8, 1991
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p. A-2 photo
Subjects
Summers, William K.
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 4, 1990
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p. A4 w/photo
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Marriage
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 4, 1990
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p. A4 w/photo
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Marriage
Subjects
Nash, Kathryn Jane
Summers, William Lee
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28905AN
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 3, 1999
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p. 3
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Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 3, 1999
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p. 3
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Moore, Leroy E.
Doyle, Amanda L.
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Arcadia Tribune
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April 7, 1999
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p. 3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 7, 1999
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p. 3
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Obituary or death notice
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Garrison, Jay S.
Sausedo, Lee
Gore, Edwin
Peterson, Ralph Waldo
Mayhugh, Blanche
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Arcadia Tribune
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January 3, 1990
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p. D1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 3, 1990
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p. D1
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Obituary or death notice
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Ryan, Charlotte J.
Cash, Edward B.
Hayes, Alice Jean
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28824AN
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Arcadia Tribune
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January 7, 1990
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p. D2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 7, 1990
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p. D2
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Eisenbise, Mabeo May
Hayden, Joseph M.
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 10, 1990
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p. C8
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 10, 1990
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p. C8
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Gregory, William W.
Theiss, Walter H.
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Arcadia Tribune
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January 14, 1990
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p. C4
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 14, 1990
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p. C4
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Subjects
Gaul, Vera
Jacobs, Shirley Jean
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28827AN
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Arcadia Tribune
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January 17, 1990 p. C7
January 21, 1990 p. A2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 17, 1990 p. C7
January 21, 1990 p. A2
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Heilman, Frances B.
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Obituary / death notice.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 28, 1990
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p. A13
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 28, 1990
Pages
p. A13
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Subjects
Miller, Julius Frederick
Rexin, Lillian T
Wolever, John F
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28830AN
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Arcadia Tribune
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January 31, 1990
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p. C7
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Arcadia Tribune
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January 31, 1990
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p. C7
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Lotz, Walter V.
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28832AN
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 7, 1990
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p. C7
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 7, 1990
Pages
p. C7
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Subjects
Callagy, Kathleen C.
Lasser, Louis
Miller, Dorothy G.
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28834AN
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 7, 1990
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p. C7
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 7, 1990
Pages
p. C7
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Subjects
Callagy, Kathleen C.
Lasser, Louis
Miller, Dorothy G.
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 11, 1990
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p. C3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 11, 1990
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p. C3
Announcement Type
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Biedebach, John Wesley
Reed, Brian Charles
Davis, Pauline M.
Schnell, Alice C
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28837AN
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 18, 1990
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p. A2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 18, 1990
Pages
p. A2
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Lloyd, William J.
Marikian, Hike
Schnell, Alice C.
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 18, 1990
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p. B4
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 18, 1990
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p. B4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Baumgardner, Leroy C.
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28839AN
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 25, 1990
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p. C3
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Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 25, 1990
Pages
p. C3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Brown, Robert E.
Padilla, Manuel C.
Item ID
28840AN
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 28, 1990
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p. A6
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 28, 1990
Pages
p. A6
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Leslie, Evelyn A.
Wilson, Marie
Item ID
28841AN
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