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...mission. As a New York restaurant consultant and the author of a guidebook called The Wine Avenger, Gluckstern has spent the better part of a decade crusading on behalf of Riesling, the dominant German varietal that has been cruelly stereotyped on American shores as tasting sweeter than Katie Couric dipped in caramel. "All grapes are not created equal," Gluckstern says. "There's an acid-sugar balance in great Riesling that you won't find in any other grape." Stubborn U.S. diners have mostly ignored him and gone on sipping their Chardonnay...
Kudos for your calm and conversational article [COLON CANCER, March 13]. It should nudge many readers into talking to their physicians about colon-cancer testing. And more kudos to Katie Couric for her willingness to describe what she experienced during her colonoscopy, reinforcing TIME's statement that "most people find the idea worse than the exam." PAUL GAERTNER JR. Athens...
While many people may have found Couric's crusade against colon cancer and her televised colon exam distasteful, I give her a lot of credit for spreading the word. Early detection allows the doctor and patient to work together to gain control over the suffering caused by such illnesses. This campaign may make some fidget with discomfort, but that's nothing compared with the effects of a diseased colon left untreated. LISA TANER Belmont, Calif...
Although I salute Couric for her efforts to increase awareness about colon cancer, I am concerned about what happens when famous people crusade for health-care issues. The main problem is that it allows emotions and politics to override science. We have seen this before. Nonscientific factors greatly influenced recommendations for mammography screening for women ages 40 to 50. And the PSA test for prostate cancer, still lacking in scientific data for appropriate use, has received unequivocal endorsement from athletes and actors. We need to have science, not the media or celebrities, establish the rules. GREGORY L. SHEEHY, M.D. Middleton...
...first thing Paulsen did after she was introduced to Couric by Lilly Tartikoff was line up an A list of celebs to add their limelight to the cause, including NYPD Blue star Dennis Franz, whose father died of colon cancer; St. Louis Cardinal Eric Davis, whose colon cancer was diagnosed when he was 35; and TV's Judge Judy, who lost her mother to the disease. The cash is coming from corporate sponsors. Aetna US Healthcare and others have pledged a total of $10 million, and another $10 million is due from the entertainment industry. But what gets people...