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The article deals with the decision of directors of the board of the Stanford Research Institute to reduce over-all growth as well as the percentage of work it does for government. The move illustrates the dilemma faced by nonprofit organizations of making a profit, but not too much. The institute is about to earn roughly 57.8-million U.S. dollars from contracts for government in 1967.

The article reports on a survey among scientist which indicated that medical schools, universities, and research centers will be facing difficulties if U.S. Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) Department is to consider planning on cutting the budget for the National Institution of Health. Implications include the impeding operations of clinical research centers, chronic disease programs, and grants approval. Scientist may be advised to tighten its spending since measures are to be implemented.

The article offers information on various topics related to health. It says that the U.S. Public Health Service granted 151,693 dollars for the study of sex offenders to be conducted by the Institute for Sex Research of Indiana University. It states that Doctor J. DeWitt Fox reported that narcotics addiction is more commonly observed among physicians. It adds that National Heart Institute discovered that strophanthidin lessen the risks of heart stoppage at an operation under hypothermia.