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There have been some 20 workshops and other exchanges and the pace and breadth of the agenda - widening to include cancer epidemiology, medical genetics, earthquakes (Iran is highly prone), and medical and bioengineering ethics - is picking up, according to the National Academy of Sciences...
...DIED Cancer took the eyesight of Grammy-nominated rocker Jeff Healey before he turned 1. So at 3 he started playing the guitar on his lap, a style that became his trademark. As a teen, he gigged in Toronto clubs before starting his best-known group, the Jeff Healey Band. The blues-rock trio, who got a boost from their role in the Patrick Swayze film Road House, made it big with the achy, affecting 1989 hit Angel Eyes. On the side, Healey played jazz and deejayed a Canadian Broadcasting Corp. radio show drawing on his collection...
...estrogen birth-control pill after readers of her magazine column complained of painful symptoms. Seaman's book, which exposed side effects, including stroke, heart attack and depression, led to highly publicized Senate hearings and ultimately to mandated warning labels and patient-information inserts. She was 72 and had lung cancer...
...astounded Gupta recommended that people at risk for breast cancer or alcoholism "should pass on the pint and order soda." Soda?! Since when is soda a healthful option? In a day and age when herb-infused and antioxidant-laden beverages abound, couldn't he have recommended something other than carbonated high-fructose corn syrup? Helena Chen, ALISO VIEJO, CALIF...
...meantime, what does this study say about the safety of hormone therapy? The results are in line with previous findings, which exposed the breast cancer risk associated with the hormones and the lack of heart benefit from the therapy. What this study does is define how long those risks can last. "The results should not be cause for alarm or panic among women," says Manson. "The findings do underscore the point that HT should not be used for chronic disease prevention, but remains a viable option for short-term treatment of menopausal symptoms. When used for the short-term treatment...