Word: breast
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...There's always someone who leaves," says Jack Pannell, a press aide to Georgia Congressman John Lewis and a five-year retreatant. Barbara Carr is a school administrator who first went to a monastery two years ago, after her husband of 20 years left her and she developed breast cancer. Retreat for her was a crucial time for praying, crying and writing. Others find piety sometimes takes a backseat to curiosity ("I look at the monks and think, 'I can't believe you're not having sex,'" says Nolan) or humor ("We started calling it the show--'You going...
Tamoxifen, used to treat breast cancer, made headlines in April when a study suggested it could also prevent the disease. But this week, two European studies showed no proof of prevention, casting doubt on earlier hopes. The studies differed in duration (the U.S. study was shorter) and in participants (one European study included low-risk women...
...NEWS ON BREAST CANCER...
...just that I'm rabidly pro-First Amendment; software filters simply don't work. It's a little like trying to collect raindrops in your hat: you'll catch some, but you'll miss most of them. Worse, filters tend to block stuff that they shouldn't block: breast-cancer sites, for instance, and virtually anything having to do with homosexuality. The Censorware Project, which opposes the use by public institutions of these blunt instruments, found that the filter used by the federal court systems in 22 states blocks a Jewish teen site, a Liza Minnelli fan page...
...Jersey Last year New Jersey published its first HMO report cards, using information HMOs are required by law to provide. The 1997 report showed that New Jersey hmos fell short of national averages when it came to preventive care such as child immunizations and screenings for breast cancer. Many hope the ratings, which let consumers compare their HMOs with others, will pressure HMOs to increase their benefits...