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Obscene Directed by Neil Ortenberg and Daniel O'Connor; not rated; in limited release For publishing many of the past century's landmark works, including Howl, Naked Lunch, Lady Chatterley's Lover and Tropic of Cancer, Barney Rosset's Grove Press earned the U.S. government's highest tribute: prosecution for obscenity. This zippy documentary distills all the zest and pain of Rosset's career. Like the man and his imprint, it's sensational...
...study’s participants submitted responses to detailed questionnaires about lifestyle and health conditions every two years, beginning in 1980. In a follow-up, 8,882 deaths were recorded—1,790 of which were caused by cardiovascular disease and 4,527 by cancer...
William M. Shih of the Dana-Farber Cancer Research Institute said the grant will allow him to take the next step in trying to create a nanotechnology tool to help come up with a precise picture of membrane proteins...
...Most riveting is the portrait Schroeder paints of the family's dealing with Susie's oral cancer. Buffett, who always expected his wife to outlive him, reels from the news. He is terrified of losing her and cries for hours. Buffett had always avoided hospitals and was squeamish about all things medical - a "man who ducked the subject of a common cold and used terms like 'not feeling up to par' as euphemisms for illness; the man who changed the subject uneasily whenever anyone spoke of physical complaints." And yet with his wife undergoing radiation after facial surgery, he overcomes...
...level of public condemnation not heard since the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto last December. Local headlines labeled the atrocity "Pakistan's 9/11," and in his first televised address since assuming office, President Zardari urged Pakistanis to "make this pain your strength". "This is a menace, a cancer in Pakistan which we will eliminate," he declared. "We will not be scared of these cowards...