Word: anemia
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...feast of the Assumption; he surefootedly negotiated the cobblestone streets near his summer villa at Castel Gandolfo to say Mass at a parish church. Rumors about Paul's health vary widely. Some reports hold that he has leukemia; others say that he suffers no more than pernicious anemia. In any event, the Pope appears to be actively considering the succession...
...doctors were frustrated for years by the fact that standard doses of the highly toxic drug had no effect on osteogenic sarcoma cells, yet left patients suffering various unpleasant and even dangerous side effects-anemia, impaired liver and kidney function, mouth ulcers, nausea and hair loss...
During Sprague's opening salvo Boyle slouched in his chair in stony silence; all the bluster and bravado that characterized his nine-year reign at the U.M.W. had vanished. At 71, he is gaunt and pallid, suffering from anemia, heart disease and the effects of an attempted suicide seven months ago. He was flown in from a Missouri prison, where he is serving a three-year sentence for illegally contributing union funds to the 1968 presidential campaign...
...Aubrey leave? For one thing, profits this year are running one-third behind last year's pace, and Kerkorian was growing impatient. Chief reasons for the falloff: MGM's recent movies (The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid) have suffered box office anemia, and Grand Hotel cost overruns have been a continuing hemorrhage. Some Hollywood watchers report that, ironically, Kerkorian wanted to keep on cutting costs, but, in a major disagreement. Hatchet Man Aubrey saw that his empire was disappearing and thought that the chopping should stop. As Aubrey said last week...
...hypothesis: the body is fooled in space. It feels good but, some doctors suggest, does not recognize its anemia. Another suspicion is that zero G alters the way the blood flows to the internal organs. This could result, for example, in reduced stimulation of the kidneys, which produce a hormone to trigger red blood cell manufacture...