Word: colons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to University officials, Conrad Taff died of colon cancer which he believed was caused by a nutritionally imbalanced diet...
Beta carotene may prove powerful in combatting cancer as well. In countries such as Japan and Norway, where diets are rich in beta carotene, the populations have a low incidence of lung, colon, prostate, cervical and breast cancer. And a study at the University of Arizona Cancer Center found that three to six months of daily beta carotene pills dramatically reduced precancerous mouth lesions in 70% of patients. Pharmaceutical giant Hoffmann- La Roche is so enamored with beta carotene that it plans to open a Freeport, Texas, plant next year that will churn out 350 tons of the nutrient annually...
...joined in his efforts by phytochemist Eloy Rodriguez of University of California, Irvine, who analyzed the chemical composition of the leaves. Rodriguez told the AASA that the oil found in one plant, a relative of the sunflower, has also been shown to be effective against breast, lung and colon cancer tumors...
...nuclear facilities, insists that employees who go public with charges of plant-safety problems are free to blow the whistle without fear of reprisal. Unfortunately, it didn't work out that way for Charles ("Bud") Varnadore, a technician at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. Varnadore, 50, suffers from colon cancer and underwent 52 weeks of chemotherapy. After he appeared on a CBS news program in March 1991 to talk about a study that showed suspiciously high rates of cancer among workers at the facility, his bosses assigned him to a new office -- a storage closet next to the chemical...
...emergency work-up ($45), followed by a catheter ($30), urinalysis ($22), a steroid injection and lab work to check organ function ($71); anesthesia ($345); an IV attached to a leg ($110); a biopsy ($45); upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy for fiber-optic images of his stomach, small intestine and colon ($75); antibiotics and Tagamet for the ulcer ($25); plus five days of hospitalization...