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...aspirin has a downside. For every 1 or 2 women who were protected from cancer, 8 developed serious gastrointestinal bleeding. Keep in mind that the only way to get the maximum benefit was to take the higher doses of aspirin for at least a decade. Beyond that, Dr. Michael Thun of the American Cancer Society says, "We are not even sure which group of people will gain enough benefit to exceed the risks...
Still, prevention is key. Every year 145,000 new cases of colorectal cancer are diagnosed, and unless the disease is diagnosed early, the prognosis isn't great. For now, your best bet is to limit red meat and processed meat in particular--both have been linked to colorectal cancer--and to maintain a normal body weight. And although no one likes to talk about it, beginning at age 50 you need to schedule a regular screening test such as a colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy. --With reporting by A. Chris Gajilan/New York...
DIED. BROCK PETERS, 78, stage and screen actor best known for his moving portrayal of Tom Robinson, a black man wrongly accused of rape and defended by Gregory Peck, in 1962's To Kill a Mockingbird; of pancreatic cancer; in Los Angeles. Born George Fisher in Harlem, N.Y., the gifted bass singer toured cabaret clubs before making his film debut in 1954 as a vicious sergeant in Otto Preminger's landmark all-black production of Carmen Jones. Determined to shed his villainous image, he played a gay trumpet player in the film The L-Shaped Room and won a Tony...
...medical practice, evolution is not just a theory espoused by a long-dead naturalist. I see evolution at work when bacteria become resistant to antibiotics or when cancer cells grow despite chemotherapeutic regimens. Without Darwin's theory of evolution as a framework, medical science would still be in the days of bloodletting and demons...
...also ideal for scanning children with congenital heart problems, since repeated radiation exposure in youngsters leads to an increased risk of developing cancer as adults. But again there are drawbacks. MRI scans are much more expensive than CT scans, and generating and interpreting them require lots of training. Furthermore, the magnet exerts a powerful attractive force on any iron-containing metals, so special precautions must be taken to prevent accidents...