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...think little kids do that to people who are really good to them. They can't believe they're not getting yelled at or something so they taunt you. I really taunted my mother. I remember also I knew she was sick for a long time with breast cancer, so she was very weak, but she would continue to go on and do the things she had to do. I knew she was very fragile and kept getting more fragile. I knew that, because she would stop during the day and just sit down ! on the couch. I wanted...
Meanwhile, Georgetown was terrorizing St. John's, for the third straight time, 77-59. As wisps of point-shaving memories blow north from Louisiana, this has been a nostalgic season for college basketball in New York City. The local papers have clutched elfin Coach Lou Carnesecca adoringly to their breast, and more than one national organization has concluded that freckle- faced Guard Chris Mullin is the finest player in the country. He won the John Wooden player-of-the-year award, but it would probably be best if nobody asks UCLA's old coach his opinion. Of 148 sportswriters...
...change: eggs are no longer recommended for infants under nine months of age because the iron in the yolk is poorly absorbed by babies and may interfere with the absorption of iron from other foods. The co-authors added and expanded sections on the role of fathers in childbirth, breast-feeding for working mothers, and child abuse and neglect. Spock, a ban-the-bomb advocate since 1962, included a personal note sternly urging parents to vote for candidates who favor a nuclear freeze...
Despite these reservations, the American Cancer Society hailed the study as an important step in "the revolution in breast-cancer treatment." But, emphasized Dr. Arthur Holleb, an A.C.S. vice president, since only small, early-stage tumors can be treated by lumpectomy, the need for early detection of breast lumps "is more important than ever...
Women in the study were monitored for an average of 39 months after surgery, but statistical methods were used to predict their survival after five years. , Results showed that there was no advantage to having the entire breast removed. In fact, the patients who fared the best were those who had a lumpectomy plus radiation. The five-year survival rate for such patients was 85%, as opposed to 76% for women in the mastectomy group. The radiation patients also had a reduced risk of breast-tumor recurrence: only 7.7% developed another tumor in the same breast, as opposed...