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...other words, the researchers found, bodily tumors are harmless until they undergo a deadly transformation which pumps them full of nutrients and changes them from underfed weaklings into potent centers of cancerous activity...
Wreaking such havoc on the body is impossible without the help of local capillaries, the Harvard group found. If a tumor is unsuccessful in recruiting nearby blood vessels, it quickly starves, remaining a dormant and harmless lump of renegade cells surrounded by the body's normal cells...
Even seemingly harmless medications sometimes turn out to be delayed-action disasters. Millions of people who once relied on the pain killer phenacetin to soothe headaches and aching joints have an increased risk of developing kidney disease and other life-threatening ailments, according to a report in last week's New England Journal of Medicine. The study also raises questions about the safety of another popular analgesic, acetominophen...
...Next day a White House security man spotted a suspicious bundle, and suddenly the iron gates clanged shut. Pennsylvania Avenue and the sidewalks in front of the mansion were swept clear of people and traffic. Police cars, lights flashing, came in coveys until the package was found to be harmless...
...Stairmaster at the Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center (Q-RAC) looks harmless enough--something like one of those horizontal escalators at the airport, only much smaller, and with the handles from the handicapped bathroom thrown...