Word: cancers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...months for parole violations. -- JAMES EARL RAY, convicted assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., was sentenced to 99 years in prison. He escaped briefly in 1977 and continues to maintain that he was framed by the FBI. -- DAN ROWAN, cohost of Laugh-In, died in 1987 of lymphatic cancer. -- MARK RUDD, Columbia University student radical, spent 7 1/2 years as a fugitive with the radical Weatherman. He now lives and writes in Albuquerque, N. Mex., where he is an active opponent of U.S. policy in Central America. -- BOBBY SEALE, cofounder of the Black Panthers, studies and teaches at Temple University...
...drug-enhanced physiques are a hazardous bargain. Steroids can cause temporary acne and balding, upset hormonal production and damage the heart and kidneys. Doctors suspect they may contribute to liver cancer and atherosclerosis. Teens, who are already undergoing physical and psychological stresses, may run some enhanced risks. The drugs can stunt growth by accelerating bone maturation. Physicians also speculate that the chemicals may compromise youngsters' still developing reproductive systems. Steroid users have experienced a shrinking of the testicles and impotence. Dr. Richard Dominguez, a sports specialist in suburban Chicago, starts his lectures to youths with a surefire attention grabber...
GENITAL WARTS. Possibly more common than herpes are the tiny warts caused by the human papilloma virus. Like herpes, the disease cannot be flushed out of the body. The major complication appears to be a higher risk of cervical cancer in women...
...leaps that have been made have not been made by humanists, but by scientists. More and more behavior is being traced to biological causes. Above all, we need doctors and researchers to work in the hospitals and laboratories, to make observations and conduct experiments, to combat AIDS, ozone, cancer and attrition...
...strive for intimacy--by this I mean an emphasis on teaching and the involvement of students in research. The Bio-chemistry Department is doing just that. It has instituted a tutorial program which requires sophomores, juniors and seniors to research with scientists in such places as the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the School of Public Health...