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...unsettling enough that ABC anchorman Peter Jennings died of lung cancer just four months after announcing his diagnosis. Perhaps more distressing to the 90 million--plus smokers and former smokers out there was that Jennings swore off tobacco 20 years ago and was struck by the disease all the same. It's true that he had resumed smoking after the terrorist attacks in 2001, but he quit again. Can that first puff years ago start a fatal cascade of lung damage that can never be reversed? The answer...
Hard on the heels of Jennings' death was the mind-numbing announcement that Dana Reeve, widow of actor Christopher Reeve and a nonsmoker, has lung cancer. It was a sobering reminder that about 15% of lung-cancer victims have never smoked...
...last year Blake has contracted the zoster virus, broken his neck and watched his father die of cancer. Not only that, but he has to relive this disastrous period nearly every day—in the sympathetic utterances from the fans, the hushed analysis of the broadcasters, and even the interview room, where he is asked if comeback performances such as last night’s are indicative of a newer, more mature perspective on the game...
...Restricting how many calories a rat eats greatly protects it from diseases like cancer, heart disease, and even the aging process itself,” he said. “Sir2 is...mediating this process...
...Sir2 family of genes could someday be harnessed to “stimulate the body to work harder and protect itself,” leading to a “whole new class of medicine that can treat many of the world’s diseases” including cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and even aging itself...