Word: leukemias
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...Ashe had had leukemia, would reporter and editor have published the story? Maybe, in one paragraph. But not if Ashe had asked them not to. AIDS made it different. Irresistible. Juicy gossip. Red meat. When reporters pick up that scent, they are off the leash and baying through the woods. The Ashe affair makes a strong case for media loathing...
...diabetes and restored some sight in animals. The cells have repaired some spinal-cord injuries, allowing injured rats to run at normal speed. Implants in the brain have improved memory and learning. The work has led scientists to speculate that the cells can be used to treat epilepsy, combat leukemia and stop such degenerative diseases as Huntington's chorea and Alzheimer...
Surgical procedures, more painful and profound, make courts more wary. Two years ago, a Chicago court refused to require twins to undergo tests to determine if their bone marrow could help their half brother who was dying of leukemia. In 1987 a Washington federal court ordered a pregnant cancer patient to undergo a caesarean delivery in an attempt to save the fetus, even though she and her doctors opposed the operation. The baby lived for just two hours. The woman died two days later. But the lower-court ruling doesn't provide a precedent because it was vacated...
...below the norm is former brain-tumor patients, some of whom have lasting social, economic or psychological problems. But not all. About 10% report salaries of more than $50,000 a year. The younger patients may not fare as well. During one period in the past, victims of childhood leukemia were given prophylactic radiation treatments directed at the head. A number have suffered small but permanent reductions...
America's Dan Jansen had the most emotion-laden second chance at Albertville. On the morning of the 500-m race at Calgary, Jansen's older sister had died of leukemia. Favored to win, he had planned to dedicate the gold medal to her, but fell on the first turn. Later, in the 1,000 m, he fell again. Despair is too mild a word to describe the look on his face as he lifted himself from the ice. Four years later, a still introverted Jansen and his protective family assert that Calgary no longer haunts him. "There are other...