Word: colons
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DIED. KIM GALLAGHER, 38, who bested chronic illness to win two Olympic medals in the 800-m race; of a stroke, after battling cancer of the stomach and colon; in Philadelphia. She underwent surgery for ovarian cysts six months before her silver-medal win in Los Angeles in 1984. Her 1988 time in Seoul is still the third fastest by an American woman in that race...
...middle of the family's boom time intrudes the realest thing imaginable: in Episode 2, Sharon is diagnosed with colon cancer. Ozzy, on tour and distraught, begins self-medicating with prescription drugs and drinking heavily. "She's the whole world to me," he tells the camera in a rare serious moment, and it's no exaggeration: you can't imagine the gentle, trembly rocker managing five seconds without her support. Sharon invites MTV into her chemo sessions and her sickroom with typical brazenness ("Sharon, how's your a__hole today?" she jokes. "Oh, much better, thank...
...know that obesity increases other malignancies,” she said, citing colon cancer as an example...
...documented antioxidant powers, which is probably why they seem to help ward off Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. I also encourage people to eat vine-ripened tomatoes and citrus fruits, because they have been shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancers of the prostate and colon...
...final resting place of one of the world's most beloved actresses. Audrey Hepburn spent the last 30 years of her life in this quiet Swiss village, and she wanted to be buried here in a cemetery close to her sprawling 19th century house. The actress, who died of colon cancer in January 1993, liked the simplicity of Tolochenaz, located 40 km east of Geneva. But her legacy has fueled a conflict between her sons and some residents of the village. The focus of contention is an old two-room schoolhouse near the cemetery, which the villagers and Hepburn...