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...cancer specialists from around the world gather this week in Orlando, Fla., for the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, a new sense of optimism is in the air. It's not that cancer has been cured--there are too many different types of malignancies to hope for a universal treatment. Rather, it's that doctors are beginning to piece together new strategies for keeping cancer from recurring and, in some cases, preventing it from taking root in the first place. As ASCO president Dr. Larry Norton puts it, "Cancer is not a bolt of lightning...
DIED. LOU THESZ, 86, wrestling champion of the 1940s and '50s who competed in 6,000 matches over seven decades; in Orlando, Fla. Known as a hooker--a master of the sport's most complex and dangerous moves--Thesz was critical of gimmicky antics. "I'm a wrestler," he said, "not a wrassler, not a clown...
...business: a proprietary wireless system that would allow physicians to check medical records and write prescriptions on handheld computers. All he needed to launch the product that his company was developing was a partner with an established customer base. So he approached Medical Manager Health Systems of Tampa, Fla., whose software had helped thousands of doctors manage their medical practices. In return for access to those physicians, says Pass, 45, he gave plans for his wireless system to John Kang, then co-CEO at Medical Manager. But after he handed over his company's secrets in November 2000, Pass alleges...
...April 2001, Medical Manager announced it was rolling out a wireless system that sounded to Pass exactly like the one he had offered to build. Last May, deprived of the millions of dollars it expected from a collaboration with Medical Manager, Pass's company, LynkUs Communications of Brandon, Fla., went out of business. And Medical Manager--now part of WebMD in Elmwood Park, N.J.--is facing a lawsuit. Officials of Medical Manager and WebMD say they never made a deal with Pass or got any secrets from LynkUs. Kang declined to comment...
...enroll in a clinical trial. If you are taking part in a trial, you should be aware that your safety is often the last priority. And never forget that you are not a patient being treated; you are a subject in an experiment. NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST Tampa, Fla...