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...experimental drug has successfully reduced hip and spine fractures in the two largest patient populations at risk for osteoporosis - postmenopausal women and men being treated for prostate cancer - according to two major studies published online on Aug. 11 by the New England Journal of Medicine. The new compound, denosumab, is being reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration. If approved, it has the potential to become a standard treatment for certain patients...
DIED At the time, AIDS was a mysterious illness that seemed to target only gay men. But Joel Weisman, 66, a California physician, co-authored the 1981 report that signaled the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, which has since killed more than 25 million people worldwide...
Jeffrey Kluger's "Moon Walkers" left me with a new appreciation of our astronauts [July 27]. It was carefully researched and beautifully written and filled in the gap in my knowledge of the lives of these men after their missions. Kluger's last paragraph on the "enduring legacy" of the 24 men's unique "comradeship" will stay with me. They are more human and more heroic than I ever imagined. Gerry Mandel, ST. LOUIS...
...brave astronauts who immeasurably boosted America's status during the Cold War undertook their daring adventures with full knowledge of the mortal dangers involved. But even more than their achievements, the true measure of their greatness is the humility they have shown--in a world where very ordinary men cannot stop bragging about trivial triumphs. Ajit Parihar, LUDHIANA, INDIA...
Born Everette Lynn Harris in Flint, Mich., he quit his job at IBM in his mid-30s and sold his first novel, Invisible Life, out of the trunk of his car to beauty salons and bookstores. A source of inspiration for black gay men, his once forbidden stories about their relationships caught on with female fans: for years, it was virtually impossible to ride the subway in New York City, Washington or Atlanta without coming across a black woman reading one of his novels...