Word: cancerous
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Nevertheless, there are growing signs that his tenure may be jeopardized by serious internal strains and by his own frail health, which may involve blood cancer.* The vast majority of Syrians are Sunni Muslims; Assad and most of his top officials are Alawites, who make up only 11% of the population. The Islamic revival that has swept through Iran has had its effect in Syria. Baffled by rapid change and denied the outlet of free political expression, Syria's youth has displayed a renewed interest in traditional religion; the new mood has served to strengthen the Sunni community...
...Another cancer victim in the Middle East is Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan. Last week doctors removed a malignant tumor from his large intestine...
...that caused by the common herpes simplex virus. Comprising about 13% of VD cases, the contagious infection produces painful sores in the genital area and discomfort while urinating. It is particularly dangerous in women: during delivery it can be transmitted to the infant; it is also linked to cervical cancer. For years, doctors have searched for a cure. Now researchers at the University of Pennsylvania may have achieved that goal. In the Journal of the American Medical Association, Drs. Herbert Blough and Robert Giuntoli report testing a cream containing the sugar 2-deoxy-D-glucose on 36 women with genital...
Preventive surgery for breast cancer even before the disease is diagnosed? The idea sounds highly unpromising, but at least two surgeons are now performing such prophylactic mastectomies. Dr. Henry P. Leis Jr. of New York City limits the surgery to women who have already had one cancerous breast removed. In 17% of these patients, reports Medical World News, tissue examinations revealed undiagnosed cancer in the breast. Dr. Charles S. Rogers of Bay City, Mich., has taken the theory a step further by performing double mastectomies on women who had no apparent signs of the disease but were judged prone...
DIED. Theodore M. Bernstein, 74, former assistant managing editor of the New York Times, who served as the paper's prose polisher and syntax surgeon for almost five decades, authoring seven popular texts on English usage and journalism; of cancer; in New York City. In a witty Times house organ called Winners & Sinners, the shirtsleeves vigilante caught solecists in the act and fended off such encroaching verbal vices as the politician's "windy-foggery," Madison Avenue's "addiction" and faddish "hot-rod writing...