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...sarcoma, the cancer in which it was first discovered). In about 30% of cancers, the RAS protein is stuck in an "on" position, mindlessly ordering the cell to divide again and again. It plays a role in 90% of pancreatic cancers, 50% of colon cancers and 25% of lung cancers. Dr. Edward Scolnick discovered the RAS gene in rats while working at the National Cancer Institute in 1978. Now president of Merck Research Laboratories, he is overseeing the development of a drug that stops the RAS protein from sending its malignant message. Several other big drug companies, including Bristol-Myers...
...this week's American Lung Association Conference in Chicago, Camargo presented a study of 89,061 women, aged 27 to 44, that indicated obese women were three times as likely to develop asthma...
This denial takes on interesting forms. One first-year, a member of the group of girls that sit on the rocks to smoke, ironically states, "I have a cigarette case that I won't get my initials engraved on because then I'm not a 'real' smoker." Unfortunately, lung cancer still recognizes people who speak on condition of anonymity. Athlete smokers report having to hide their cigarettes from coaches and teammates while smoking because it carries such a negative image in the sports world. On the other hand, some smokers don't bother hiding from disease. Kassam proudly declares, "Just...
...would in the real world," one jokes. Her smoking partner adds, "yeah, I would never smoke once I get married and have kids." Other students have more intriguing personal stories about quitting. One grad student smoking in front of William James Hall spilled a sad tale of love and lung abuse. "I smoked in high school and college, then quit for three years. Then I began grad school and started again. When I became engaged, I quit because of that, but three months before I was supposed to get married, I broke off the engagement, and started smoking again...
...Second-hand smoke is known to exacerbate a variety of respiratory ailments such as asthma, as well as to contribute to the risk of heart and lung diseases," the release said...