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...predictive genetic tests, which Friedman feels only specialists should interpret, he believes a responsibly selected battery of tests could help patients more than it harms them. And the risks that so upset his colleagues? "There's probably a greater downside to ordering a total body scan or a lung scan than ordering a panel of lab tests for yourself." Whatever the truth may be, consumers seem determined to find out for themselves. --With reporting by Wendy Malloy Fleming/Tampa and Melissa Sattley/Austin
...DIED. STEPHEN AMBROSE, 66, populist historian whose best-selling books, including 1992's Band of Brothers and 1994's D-Day, about the courage of citizen soldiers in World War II, drew a broad audience of readers to American history; of lung cancer; in Bay St. Louis, Miss. As a child in Whitewater, Wis., Ambrose was deeply impressed by returning veterans--the start of the unabashed hero worship later reflected in his books. A history teacher for much of his life, Ambrose was asked by Dwight Eisenhower in 1963 to write the President-general's biography. It wasn't until...
...from the school door. Driving away, she heard a loud sound andturned around to see her nephew on theground. His science teacher, Karen Pumphrey, walked out to find the boy grimacing in pain. "I've been shot," he told her. Suffering from injuries to the spleen, stomach, pancreas, lung and diaphragm, he is in critical but stable condition...
...billion Record-setting amount in punitive damages awarded to a lung-cancer-ridden smoker who sued Philip Morris for using false advertising to entice her to become a lifelong smoker...
...California jury’s decision on Friday that Phillip Morris must pay $28 billion in punitive damages to a lifetime smoker may prove a blessing in disguise for the tobacco giant. Betty Bullock, a 64-year-old with lung cancer who has smoked since age 17, persuaded the jury to punish the company for malicious deception she claims lured her into addiction. They were so disgusted that they set the award a full $8 billion higher than Bullock’s attorney requested, and $25 billion higher than the largest settlement to date...