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...years ago, Mohammad Omidian, 58, a general contractor from Orinda, Calif., had failed to respond to chemotherapy treatments for multiple myeloma that was eating away at his bones. He had shrunk 3 in. and was so weak, he says, "I could not sneeze without holding on to something." His doctors put him on Dendreon's experimental treatment Mylovenge, which required extracting dendritic cells from Omidian's blood, mixing them with molecules from myeloma cells and then returning them to the patient so they could deliver a swift kick to his immune system. Within two weeks, Omidian felt strong enough...
...years ago, Mohammad Omidian, 58, a general contractor from Orinda, Calif., had failed to respond to chemotherapy treatments for multiple myeloma that was eating away at his bones. He had shrunk 3 in. and was so weak, he says, "I could not sneeze without holding on to something." His doctors put him on Dendreon’s experimental treatment Mylovenge, which required extracting dendritic cells from Omidian’s blood, mixing them with molecules from myeloma cells, and then returning them to him so they could deliver a swift kick to his immune system. Within two weeks, Omidian felt strong enough...
Such celebrity hipsters as director Quentin Tarantino, Dennis Rodman and rocker Lenny Kravitz have painted their nails for years, but now nine-year-old boys are showing up at nail-polish parties in Dallas and Los Angeles. High school coaches from Orinda, Calif., to North Stamford, Conn., have ordered dozens of bottles in school colors for football players to wear on game day. "Young people in the 1990s are not as scared about issues of sexual orientation," says Chicago hairdresser James Braun, 20. "The younger crowd thinks it's stupid that only women can wear skirts and nail polish...
...tells us we have to absorb the loss. Even when insurance covers part of the cost, we and people like us still have to pay. When the insurance pays, who does Quittner think pays for the insurance? Right. We are all out those many, many cents. ANN E. GILL Orinda, Calif...
...wake up and see the extent to which he is being ripped off? And what will it take to make this industry compete like others? Do we have to invoke Congress to pass laws that will protect us from robbery? How else can this be described? JOHN A. PETERSON Orinda, California...