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...hard to remember that three months ago, Perot was just another TV talk- show guest, a blustery businessman who was supposed to chat with Larry King about the economy before a CNN special on breast implants. Asked at the outset whether he planned to run for President, Perot gave a typically forthright answer: "No." But 45 minutes later, Perot -- by all evidence impulsively -- dropped the biggest bombshell of the 1992 campaign. Yes, he'd run, and run hard, if his supporters would put him on the ballot in all 50 states as an independent. That "if" has been...
TAKEN AT FACE VALUE, THE LEAKS DESCRIBING A major medical study last week were profoundly disturbing. It's already known that about 1 in 9 American women will develop breast cancer during her life. Now, said the report, it turns out that women ages 40 to 49 who get routine mammograms to detect early breast cancer are actually more likely to die from the disease than those who avoid the tests. Most experts currently believe it's the other way around, and many doctors have long urged women in that age group to have a mammogram every year...
What the study does say, according to Miller, is that mammography has no demonstrable benefit for women in that age range, though it does for older women. While those who get mammograms are no more likely to die from breast cancer than their untested counterparts, they are evidently no safer either. That in itself is not unprecedented: earlier studies have pointed to the same conclusion. But it is controversial. No one is sure why it should be true, and for now, the medical establishment is not backing off its recommendation that women between 40 and 49 go ahead...
RESTRICTING IMPLANTS: Silicone-gel breast implants are suspected of triggering deformity and disease. An expert panel recommended in February that their use be restricted, and FDA Commissioner David Kessler now agrees. Only women whose implants are leaking and need replacement or who need reconstructive surgery will get them...
According to Michael P. Berry, director of the Dining Services, a lunch of barbecued chicken breast sandwiches and salads will be served on frisbees, thus combining food with the idea of "adrenaline-pumping recreation...