Word: cancerous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...side, the story she tells of their last months and days together, especially "the sudden, vicious rebound [that] caught us all by surprise," is a heartbreaking final chapter to one of the Middle East's most unusual romances. Noor says the six months in the U.S. during Hussein's cancer treatment were among their most enriching times together since the former Princeton cheerleader (ne Lisa Halaby) married the Arab monarch two decades ago. They lived at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, kept up on work in Jordan via e-mail, spun around in a Volkswagen Beetle, browsed in bookstores, walked...
...were dismayed by the many extremely misleading claims made in your article "Poisonous Plastics" [HEALTH, March 1]. Numerous independent scientists have joined ranks with government agencies in concluding that the plastic softener used in medical devices is unlikely to pose a cancer hazard to humans...
RECOVERING. LOUIS FARRAKHAN, 65, controversial leader of the Nation of Islam; from prostate-cancer treatment and the flu; in Chicago. He plans to take a four-month sabbatical from the organization...
...packing last for Bora Bora? Suntan Lotion. Nothing says "day at the beach" like a pair of greasy hands and the overpowering scent of coconut. And that's just on the fat guy who wants you to "do his back." But for those of us allergic to skin cancer, perhaps sunscreen is a better choice. Like Mom always used to say--back when Mom was an ad exec for Coppertone--"Block...
PASS THE BUTTER? Eating lots of dietary fat, while unhealthy for the heart, probably won't increase a woman's risk of breast cancer. The purported link between fat intake and breast cancer has been controversial for years. But last week a new study on 90,000 women concluded that even long-term indulgence in fatty foods will not harm the breast. All types of fat, including saturated, are off the hook...