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...likely to fall ill. BRCA-related breast cancer is more apt to hit before age 50 and to recur in the second breast. In a 2002 study, University of Toronto doctors concluded that because of the relatively early age of Asian breast-cancer patients and because hereditary cancers disproportionately occur in young women, "a high proportion of breast cancer cases in the East may be attributable to BRCA1 and BRCA2." More worrisome, some studies show that more than 96% of BRCA mutation carriers have ER-negative cancers...
...fact is, it did. But the face of breast cancer is changing. The disease is on the march in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere, with rates rising dramatically, as much as sevenfold, over the past decade. By 2020, 70% of global breast-cancer cases will occur in the developing world. Part of the reason for the change is better sanitation and control of infectious diseases, which have extended life spans in low- and middle-income countries, allowing women to age into the breast-cancer demographic. Part of it may be the globalization of bad Western habits--fatty diets...
...hope that as a community we can get these petitions out, get the legislation signed, and get divestment to occur,” said rally participant Colette S. Perold ’11. “Of course, the long-term goal is that the conflict ends and the government is no longer in power...
...headquarters, Agent Ronald Fleury is on the phone with a friend in Riyadh when the explosions occur, killing the buddy. So this time (like every time) it's personal. And after kissing his kids goodbye, Fleury is of to Riyadh. To solve the case, he brings along a crack trio that updates the multi-ethnic squads found in old World War II movies, and is guaranteed to piss off the religiously and socially conservative Saudis. Along with the black guy, there's the older man (Chris Cooper) who swears a lot; the woman doctor (Jennifer Garner) who insists on wearing...
Whether the discrimination in the case is apparent or real, it serves to reflect on larger injustices that occur across the nation. The American justice system tends to impison black men at disproportionately high rates. Black people are six times more likely than white people to go to jail. Between 2002 and 2004, black youth constituted 58 percent of minors in adult prison...