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DIED. LYN NOFZIGER, 81, irascible, savvy longtime aide to Ronald Reagan; of cancer; in Falls Church, Va. As head of communications for Reagan's successful 1980 White House bid, Nofziger endeared himself to the press with his candor, rumpled look and Mickey Mouse tie. The former newspaperman, who began advising Reagan in 1965, retired as a White House aide in 1982, but not before filling in memorably for press secretary James Brady after Reagan and Brady were shot by John Hinckley in 1981, delivering to reporters the President's quip "Honey, I forgot to duck...
MELISSA ETHERIDGE She has won two Grammys and endless admiration for her battle against cancer. My No. 1 nomination is Al Gore, our nation's subconscious, who has quietly and steadily brought the most important issue--global warming--into our consciousness. I'd also include Stephen Colbert, for his ability to inject humor into the horrible situation the world is in. He takes what Jon Stewart has done to another level. I sleep better at night knowing that someone else thinks things are just as insane...
...never easy to talk to patients about getting their colon probed from the inside by a 5-ft.-long tube, but it's a lot easier than it used to be, thanks to NBC host Katie Couric. After she lost her husband Jay Monahan, 42, to colon cancer in 1998, she launched a campaign to raise awareness of the importance of regular screenings--a campaign that may have done more than any doctor could to get people to make that crucial appointment. After Couric bravely had her colon screened on national television in 2000, researchers at the University of Michigan...
...understand that patients or their parents are often so worried about cancer that they don?t even want to utter the word. I also know that I am no mind reader and I can only answer questions if they are posed to me. The chief complaint may have been nosebleed, but their chief worry was leukemia...
...almost 50, and I've never felt sexier. But damn, it took a long time to get here." Lolly Winston shares her personal experience with in vitro fertilization: "I'm caught up in the urgency of time passing, eggs aging, chances diminishing." Lynn Freed reflects on having survived breast cancer: "A 50-year-old woman is no longer an old woman, even in our youth-mad culture. There is still life in her." And there is plenty of life in this celebration of women aging with vitality...