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Frist brings to his new position a dazzling array of talents. One is a calm bedside manner on TV, which is just what the White House wants to appeal to minority voters and white suburbanites scared off by Lott. A heart-and lung-transplant surgeon who made millions from his family's hospital company, Frist often flew his own plane to transport organs to patients. Educated at Princeton and Harvard Medical School, he runs marathons, sleeps little more than four hours a night, has written a best seller on bioterrorism and during congressional breaks likes to fly to places like...
Researchers have long assumed that it was tobacco's tar and carcinogenic chemicals that were primarily to blame for many lung cancers. But a new study suggests that nicotine also plays a critical role in promoting lung cancer and increasing its risk. If so, what does that mean for ex-smokers who rely on nicotine patches, gums and sprays? "Smokers who can quit should quit," says Dr. Phillip Dennis, lead author of the recent study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. "If you need a supplement, don't do it without medical supervision." Nicotine itself may not be a cancer...
Uranium-236 (U-236) is a waste product of nuclear reactors and one of the most deadly radioactive substances on earth. It causes cancer and birth defects as well as lung, bone and kidney problems. Considering the serious dangers of this material, which does not occur in nature, the most sensible policy would be to keep it as far away from humans as possible. But, of course, the American military has proven once again that the sensible policy is not always the chosen...
...same documentary it took three months to prepare them and a full three years to clean them up. Rokke described the “thousands and thousands” of contaminated vehicles all over Iraq, Kuwait, Bosnia and Kosovo which have yet to be cleaned. He himself now has lung and kidney problems while he claims that many other members of his clean-up team have subsequently fallen ill or are dying of cancer. Rokke’s conclusion? “If you can’t clean it up, don?...
...disease. Others just seem to create confusion. Then there are those rare studies, like last week's report on the best way to start treating high blood pressure, that could change the way doctors practice medicine for years to come. The study, which was sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), showed that mild diuretics, or "water pills," are not just the least expensive means of treating most cases of high blood pressure; they are the most effective as well...