Word: cancers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plaintiffs were a grim collection of the walking wounded. Mary Farnan, who has been smoking since age 11, has lung cancer that has spread to her brain. Frank Amodeo's throat cancer forces him to eat through a hole in his stomach. Loren Lowery, a Vietnam veteran, has had part of his tongue cut out and his jaw replaced twice. Not the kind of opponents you'd want to challenge in front of a jury...
...plaintiffs argued. They added that the industry has muddied the waters about smoking's risks. For example, six tobacco CEOs told Congress a few years ago that nicotine isn't addictive. Yet tobacco companies also argue that everyone knows cigarettes are addictive and cause cancer...
...well. Trapped in the hellish cold and ice of the region, which averages 80 degrees below zero during the current Antarctic winter, the woman, who is the doctor of the station, according to the New York Times, has had to deal with the possibility that she may have breast cancer. The Air Force jet crew, which over the weekend dropped essential medical equipment and supplies for the woman, had to fly through extreme cold, blustery and dark conditions few would ever dare to challenge. And the woman, who has requested anonymity, may now face the awesome possibility of having...
Sources--Good News: Nutrition and Cancer (upcoming issue); Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (7/99). Bad News: JAACAP (7/99); New England Journal of Medicine (7/1/99...
...justice for some. Robert Vesco left the U.S. in 1972 after looting a mutual fund of $224 million and making an illegal $200,000 donation to Richard Nixon's campaign. He eventually found refuge in Cuba, only to be jailed by that government in 1996 for marketing an unproved cancer drug...