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...effects remain an issue as well, though antinausea medications are now so good that some doctors say it's rare for their patients to vomit. And drugs that prevent anemia and a drop in white blood cells mean patients can carry on with life's activities without the constant dread of contracting infections. Still, anxiety remains a steady companion for people living with cancer. "Dealing with the worry around tests and how well the drugs are working for recurrent cancer is one of the most emotionally challenging things that my patients experience," says Russell. "All medical oncologists must help patients...
...allusion to Nietzsche, or the teaching fellow’s (TF) apathy after five misbegotten years of grad school, or the fact that the only hot girl in the section seems to invariably—and wisely—drop the class. But whatever it is, he begins to dread that one, solitary, excruciating hour of the week as if it were a root canal...
...this fast relative to the economy was in the late 1970s and early '80s, when soaring inflation shoved Americans into ever higher tax brackets--resulting in big tax hikes that Congress never had to vote on. That ended in 1984, when income tax brackets were indexed to inflation. The dread alternative minimum tax (AMT) is not indexed, but despite all the bad press the AMT gets, its budgetary impact has so far been minimal. That will change very soon, barring congressional intervention, but it hasn...
...Axis of Evil Comedy Special (March 10), the first TV stand-up show with all Middle Eastern--American comics, begins with each comedian walking onstage through a metal detector. The 9/11 attacks changed the airport from a place of comical annoyance to a place of suspicion and dread. "Whenever I get on a plane, I always know who the air marshal is," says Axis' Ahmed Ahmed. "He's the guy holding the PEOPLE magazine upside down, staring right...
...organ-based melodies that drive many of the album’s dense songs, such as “Intervention,” “Black Mirror,” and “My Body is a Cage.” Due in large part to the dread seriousness of these songs, “Neon Bible” can feel like an elliptic sermon. As in “Intervention,” the fourth song on the album, questions are posed by the group, and most are unanswered. “Who’s gonna...