Word: cancerous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...women are told that abortion causes sterility and breast cancer and they're also told in a 'kind and gentle' way not to kill their unborn child," said Andrew Sabl '90, one of the protest organizers...
...familiar with any ties that abortion has to cancer," said Lynn Bisby, the director. "We do talk about the risks of abortion--the risk of hemorrhaging, slight risk of tearing the cervix and the potential risk for emotional side effects. There's a certain percentage of women who suffer emotional backlash such as guilt or depression...
...Newer drugs, like the heavily promoted lovastatin, may be better tolerated, but their long-term safety and effectiveness have not been established. Moreover, reducing cholesterol too far may carry some risk. Some studies, not yet confirmed, have shown a link between abnormally low cholesterol levels and increased danger of cancer and stroke...
Raymond E. Mills, a long-time Harvard employee relations administrator, died of cancer at his summer home on Plum Island Friday...
Critics argue, however, that AZT should not be subject to the usual practices of the pharmaceutical industry. The drug was first synthesized in 1964 by a Government-funded scientist in Michigan who was searching for a cancer treatment. Although that application never panned out, investigators at the National Cancer Institute, along with scientists from Burroughs Wellcome, discovered in 1984 that the drug blocks the AIDS virus from reproducing. By some estimates, the help provided by the Government scientists eventually allowed Burroughs to hold its development costs to less than $100 million, in contrast to $125 million for the average drug...