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...Drnovsek led Slovenia to independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 and, as its popular Prime Minister and President, built coalitions, revamped the economy and brought the country into NATO and the E.U.--the only former Yugoslav republic to join either. After learning in 2001 that he had a recurrence of cancer, the President claimed a "higher consciousness." He ditched his palace for a mountain cabin, renounced "all things evil," became a vegan and resolutely pushed for peace, often unsuccessfully, on diplomatic missions around the world. Drnovsek...
...survey in its annual report, the American Cancer Society reveals that the death rate from cancer continues to drop because of better detection and treatment. From 1990 to 2004, deaths fell 18% for men and 10% for women. That's more than half a million lives saved...
What this means While the downward trend is good news, cancer remains a formidable killer. The half a million saved since 1990 are matched by the half a million who die every year from the disease. What's more, while the death rate fell 2% from 2003 to 2004, the next year there was only a 1% improvement...
...latest in this cavalcade of premise-heavy, actor’s-delight series is AMC’s “Breaking Bad,” the story of Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher who turns to cooking crystal meth after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. “Breaking Bad” is quite literally “Weeds” on crack. As if the cancer plot isn’t enough, White also has a pregnant wife, a son with cerebral palsy, and a DEA-agent brother-in-law. Not even...
...Harvard team, this effort has special significance, as it heralded the return of a former assistant coach and player for Harvard, Claudia Asano ’99, who now serves as the head coach of RPI. Asano has been involved in cancer advocacy since she lost her mother to breast cancer four years ago. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...