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This year studies at the Harvard Medical School and the National Cancer Institute reported that even women who drink moderately may have a 30% to 50% greater chance than nondrinkers of developing breast cancer. Heavy drinking among men and women alike has been linked to cancer of the liver, lung, pancreas, colon and rectum. In October a team led by Dr. Charles Lieber, a leading alcoholism researcher at the Bronx Veterans Administration Medical . Center in New York City, reported that it had isolated a possible link between alcohol and cancer in humans. The culprit appears to be a member...
When Nancy Reagan entered Bethesda Naval Hospital two weeks ago, her plight, like that of Betty Ford 13 years ago, focused national attention on breast cancer. The affliction is the No. 3 killer of American women, after heart disease and lung cancer. The First Lady's case underscored the importance of early detection: her tumor was discovered during an annual mammogram, which is recommended for older women. But her choice of treatment caused some consternation and puzzlement in the medical community...
...covered with grime, his eyes are swollen and bloodshot, and his raspy speech is punctuated with third-degree coughs and sniffles. "I'm sick as a dog," he growls. The dense smoke on the fire line in Northern California's Klamath National Forest has cut visibility to a lung-searing 150 ft. It is eclipsing the sun like a primordial fog and slowly choking the solemn line of fire fighters. Brand, 26, from Kentfield, Calif., pauses occasionally on the steep slope to vomit discreetly in the woods. "This is unhealthy as hell," he says, directing his crew toward a smoldering...
Doctors too need prescriptions. Although the link between cholesterol and such ailments as heart disease and stroke has been growing stronger for nearly two decades, physicians have often been slow to put this lesson into practice. A 1986 survey, conducted by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in Bethesda, Md., found that 50% to 75% of physicians failed to provide diet or drug treatment for patients with dangerously high cholesterol levels. Their inaction reflects both long-standing confusion over what constitutes a high cholesterol level and inexperience with the therapies...
...opinion piece primarily about Harvard Real Estate in the September 29 Crimson has many errors and half-truths and is grossly unfair to Sally Zeckhauser. A few examples: there is no state or other official estimate predicting MATEP will cause any lung cancer deaths over 40 years because of nitrogen dioxide or, for that matter, any other emissions; HRE does not run the shuttle bus system; and HRE found a home in Holyoke Center for the Thomas More Bookstore when the store had to move...