Word: cancerous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...which, she speculates, was an attempt to win votes for J.F.K. in the 1960 West Virginia presidential primary. Exner suggests that Kennedy's later dealings with Giancana may have concerned the CIA's collaboration with the Mafia to kill Castro. Why has Exner, who says she has terminal cancer, come forward now with fresh details? "I want to put my life in order so that I can die peacefully," she explains...
...stern view of the Rev. Jimmy Swaggart last March as he pushed for full disclosure of the adultery and alleged homosexual activities of TV Evangelist Jim Bakker. Swaggart, an emotional, tear-jerking performer whose TV ministry takes in an estimated $140 million a year, called Bakker's behavior a "cancer that needed to be excised...
...drug that holds promise of aiding diabetes sufferers. Merck will soon launch large-scale clinical trials for MK-906, which in preliminary tests shrank swollen prostate glands without bad side effects, alleviating a problem that vexes millions of men over 40. Other teams are studying cures for cataracts, arthritis, cancer and AIDS. But so are Merck's rivals. London-based Burroughs Wellcome last week won, as expected, the U.S. patent on use of the drug AZT against AIDS, thus giving the company an early lead in that market...
...villain." The good news is that in many instances, physical disorders that afflict the aging can be effectively treated. Today even multiple afflictions do not necessarily incapacitate a person. Citing the case of a man of 75 who has diabetes, heart disease and a history of cancer, Rowe points out, "You can't tell me whether that man is in a nursing home or sitting on the Supreme Court...
...long and how well one lives, of course, depend in part on heredity. The chances of blowing out 85 candles go up 5% with each parent or grandparent who has passed that milestone. A family history of certain ailments, such as breast or colon cancer, heart disease, depression or alcoholism, extends the risk of developing such problems. Increasingly, though, researchers believe personal habits and environmental influences may hold the key to why some people are more "successful" at aging than are others. "You find a tremendous variability between individuals," observes Rowe. "The older people become, the less alike they become...