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Scott M. Lippman of the University of Texasgave the drug to one group of oral leukoplakiasufferers for a duration of three months, whileadministering to another group the proventreatment 13cRA. At the end of the study, none ofthe 13cRA group and half of the betacarotene group progressed to cancer. The resultswere published in The Journal of the NationalCancer Institute...
...neighborhoods of San Antonio, one person in five has diabetes. The complications experienced by Hispanic diabetics are severe, yet many cannot afford the equipment that would enable them to keep track of their blood sugar. Often they are so badly informed about their disease that they skrimp on the oral medication or insulin shots they need to keep blood glucose in the normal range. In the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, a large health-promotion project, A Su Salud, has begun to spread the word about diabetes on Spanish-language radio and television...
Smith cited one case in which an acquaintance of his received five years in a maximum security prison in Georgia for having oral sex with his wife...
...Administration is still not telling anyone, including the Senate or the House, the nature of the U.S. response. This refusal risks violating the Case-Zablocki Act of 1972, which requires the Secretary of State to submit to Congress within 60 days the substance of all international accords, written or oral. A year ago, failure to do so would have raised the threat of a funding cutoff, but that provision of the act was inadvertently allowed to lapse this year. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans to put this stricture back on the books next year. In the meantime...
...behavior at the bar? With unusual candor, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy says lawyers are not measuring up: "We see shoddy practice in every court in the country, including the Supreme Court of the United States. We are sometimes very disappointed in the quality of oral arguments." This verdict need not be final. Kennedy sees an appeal in one of his favorite projects: the American Inns of Court, launched in 1980, which now has 8,000 members, including about 25% of all federal judges. The idea is that experienced attorneys should pass on their skills to neophytes. "We teach these...