Word: cancerous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Oxycodone is an addictive narcotic commonly prescribed to patients suffering from extreme pain like that associated with end-stage cancer...
...performing Via Dolorosa, a monologue about, of all things, the Middle East. "I just find the regular concerns of the theater so boring," Hare says. "I just don't want to see another play about why my mother didn't love me or how my dad died of cancer...
Uncircumcised men are three times as likely to develop penile cancer, but, again, the absolute risk is quite low. Only about 9 U.S. men out of 1 million ever develop the disease. Circumcised men are one-third to one-half as likely to become infected after exposure to HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases. But they are not by any means immune, and the difference in infection rates would probably diminish among men who use condoms and practice safer...
...CANCER CHECK-UP If you're 50 or over, don't forget to get screened for colon cancer. A new 20-year study shows that yearly screenings can reduce colon-cancer deaths by a third. The test is simple--even for the squeamish: a small stool sample is placed on a card and analyzed for blood...
Sources--Good News: New England Journal of Medicine (3/4/99); Journal of the National Cancer Institute (3/3/99) Bad News: Society of Behavioral Medicine annual meeting; Pediatrics (3/99...