Word: levine
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Evelyn Levin, a sixtysomething artist in New York's Westchester County, had a tough decision to make. The bones in her hips, thighs and spine were losing mass. But Levin, whose mother also suffered from the general weakening of the bones known as osteoporosis, didn't want to take estrogen. Although the hormone can reverse the bone-weakening process, it may also increase the risk of breast cancer. So Levin volunteered for a study of an experimental drug called raloxifene, which may confer most of the benefits of estrogen therapy without the risks. Although her doctors won't tell...
...generation of compounds, often called designer estrogens, promises to tip the balance in favor of treatment. Last week the experimental drug that Levin thinks she's taking, raloxifene, became the first of them to win endorsement from an advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration. That's the initial step toward full-scale approval, and barring any complications, Eli Lilly could bring the drug to market in a matter of months...
Women like Evelyn Levin may be left weighing the potential benefits of the new drugs against their unknown risks. For example, asks Dr. Ethel Siris, an endocrinologist at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City, "what do you do about the woman whose father had a heart attack and whose mother had breast cancer and also broke a hip?" Raloxifene won't make her problems go away, but it may give her a little more room to maneuver...
...entrance. "Just a little marketing gimmick," jokes Idei. "But the guests congratulated us." Idei got hoots of approval for Sony Pictures Entertainment's biggest film of the year from the likes of Disney CEO Michael Eisner, Intel boss Andy Grove, Seagram's Edgar Bronfman Jr., Time Warner's Jerry Levin and DreamWorks' Jeffrey Katzenberg, to name...
...although somewhat shakily: this, and the thin orchestration of some parts, left the audience wondering at times if the group was on the verge of falling apart. Howeverall, the presentation of this charming piece was boosted by commendable performances by the wind section--in particular principal flutist Joseph E. Levin '98 and principal bassoonist Greg Landweber...