Word: larynxes
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...Around midnight, Navarro-Valls, who is a medical doctor, confirmed that there were complications to the flu and the pope had suffered acute laryngeal tracheitis and experienced a "larynx spasm crisis," a clinical way to say he'd had difficulty breathing. The cynical among the Vatican press corps believed that the "flu" that had been reported in the official bulletins was in fact a cover for something much worse. Sources at the Vatican discount that scenario, noting both the Pope's relatively robust appearance Sunday and the fact that the basic details about his condition were being released at regular...
ORAL ALERT The same nasty human papillomavirus that scientists know causes cervical cancer may be linked to even more types of malignancies. Norwegian scientists report the best evidence yet that HPV-16, a strain of the virus, doubles the risk of larynx, pharynx and tonsil cancers. The explanation is not so farfetched: HPV-16 can transform normal cells in the mucous membranes--like those lining both the cervix and oral cavity--into cancerous squamous cells. How does HPV get to the mouth in the first place? The most likely pathway is oral...
ALCOHOL Cirrhosis of the liver isn't the only damage alcohol does: it can also lead to cancers of the mouth, larynx and esophagus. The report links drinking with liver and breast cancer as well...
TOBACCO A no-brainer. Cigarettes are the leading preventable cause of cancer in developed countries and are implicated in malignancies of the lung, larynx and esophagus...
THROAT CLEARING Bill Clinton's doctors gave him a clean bill of health Saturday, except for swollen vocal cords. A history of his troubled larynx...