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Enough To Make You Sick AstraZeneca's drug pipeline is looking dry. First its cholesterol drug failed clinical tests, then last week the lung-cancer drug Iressa, with forecast annual sales of $2 billion, followed suit...
...hour practice comes to a close, the squard lines up in two-person teams for a series of conditioning sprints. They seem to be short one player, and Milbrett graciously invites her guest to join in for some serious lung burning. The offer is declined. Before she departs, she offers a compliment of sorts - more Milbrett uncensored. "You're not as bad as we thought you would be," she says. In other words...
Secondhand smoke is a killer. It contains over 4,000 substances, of which more than 42 are known t o cause cancer. Earlier this year, the International Association for Research on Cancer (IARC) released a study which concluded that passive smoking is a direct cause of lung cancer in non-smokers. Results showed that exposure to secondhand smoke at the w orkplace increased the risk of developing lung cancer by 16 to 19 percent. Lung tumors that developed as a result of being exposed to secondhand smoke resembled those that developed as a result of active smoking, reinforcing the link...
Apart from the risk of death, injury and exhaust-caused lung damage, being behind the wheel in many parts of the E.U. is a hazard to mental health. The frustration caused by sitting with the engine in neutral or first gear in a flashy metal box built to travel up to 200 km/h certainly contributes to road rage, the syndrome whereby Mr. Nice jumps out of his car as Mr. Nuts. The white paper calculates that each day 7,500 km of E.U. roads are like arteries clogged by cholesterol, at best sluggish, at worst blocked to standstill. Over...
DIED. ROSEMARY CLOONEY, 74, cello-voiced singer and actress; of lung cancer; in Beverly Hills, Calif. She disdained her 1951 song Come on-a My House, but the hit launched her career, which included starring with Bing Crosby in White Christmas and more recently giving warm, musicianly cabaret performances. This year she won a lifetime-achievement Grammy...