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Folic acid has also recently been linked to the prevention of colon cancer, heart disease and dementia in both men and women. A deficiency in folate can lead to severe anemia...
Thank you for your article "A Kinder, Gentler Death" [SOCIETY, Sept. 18]. I watched my father die of colon cancer while under hospice care. I asked the people on the hospice staff how they could work in such a depressing environment. The answer stunned me. They didn't focus on the sadness; they focused on the care they provided to the patient and the family, making sure it was a "good death." They felt they had done their job if the patient was able to pass away comfortably, surrounded by family members. I think I will count...
DIED. THE REV. ELLWOOD ("Bud") KIESER, 71, six-time Emmy Award-winning Roman Catholic priest; of colon cancer; in Los Angeles. His morality-based drama series, Insight, which ran for 23 years, from 1960 to 1983, attracted such high-profile actors as Walter Matthau and Martin Sheen...
When John Wracian, 80, was first diagnosed with colon cancer last year, the former General Motors supervisor from Downey, Calif., underwent surgery. But when it didn't work, he accepted that chemotherapy probably wouldn't either. Instead, a hospice nurse checked on him and his wife Carol twice a week, as did a chaplain. "It's the best thing that came along," said John, who read several books a week and watched the Dodgers. "Nine days in the hospital [for surgery] was more than enough. Now I'm home, enjoying the life I have." He and Carol didn't expend...
RECOVERING. WARREN BUFFETT, 69, homespun multibillionaire; after colon surgery to remove noncancerous polyps; in Omaha, Neb. The operation was made public to prevent rumors that could have affected his company's share price...