Word: colon
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DIED. STANLEY SCHACHTER, 75, social psychologist who found consequence in the quotidian; of colon cancer; in East Hampton, N.Y. Among his seemingly obvious notions: obese people overeat past the point of hunger; academics say "uhm" to buy time; individuals influence the stock market. He modestly called one of his theories "bubba psychology...
...Take it off the streets and put it back in the home where it started") -- often took the edge off in the final days of hard-fought elections. If elected, he promised to improve the Postal Service: "I can lose your mail for half that much." After successfully beating colon cancer in 1995, Paulsen saw the end of the campaign trail looming when he learned last November that he was suffering from brain cancer...
...Raising concern about how all GENETIC TESTING is conducted, researchers found that only 20% of patients tested for a form of inherited colon cancer ever receive formal genetic counseling. Worse, doctors misinterpreted 30% of the results...
...Reilly's studies have shown that colon, breast and prostate cancers have all been successfully treated with endostatin...
...know anybody who ever had cancer--or if you ever had it yourself--you know the ordeal that Jo Daly has gone through. When she started chemotherapy for colon cancer, the side effects included a "nuclear implosion" of nausea. Then came a burning pain under the nails of her fingers and toes. The good news is that she eventually found relief. The bad news is that it came from marijuana, which is not available by legal means. Worse news is that Daly is a former member of the San Francisco police commission, the body that regulates the police department. Even...