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...people with force rather than negotiate with them, the result will be the destruction of more mosques and churches and the deaths of more Pakistanis. The Pakistani military entered this troubled area only last year. You can't expect things to change so fast. It will take time. Be patient. Fawwad Shafi Karachi...
...more questions than it answered, researchers have discovered a major problem in the PSA test, the standard blood screen for prostate cancer. The test measures blood levels of a protein released by the prostate. For years doctors assumed that a reading lower than 4 ng/mL of blood meant the patient was cancer free. But a study of 2,950 men published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that 15% of those with PSA levels less than 4 actually had cancer, and almost 15% of those men had "high grade" tumors, which can become aggressive. Doctors fear that...
...corroded by a desperation to express their uniqueness: a marketing analyst who feels so inconsequential that he injects ricin into snack cakes (Mister Squishy), a homicidal substitute civics teacher whose students are not even paying attention when they're taken hostage (The Soul Is Not a Smithy), a therapy patient who kills himself after hearing his pain articulated as a joke on Cheers (Good Old Neon). "I was evidently so hollow and insecure that I had a pathological need to see myself as somehow exceptional or outstanding at all times," says the man ripped asunder by a Frasier Crane...
Whatever form the new drugs for obesity may take, one thing is clear: the most effective treatments will probably involve a mix of agents chosen to match each patient's needs. "A few years ago, we were all looking for a single magical cure for all obesity," says Dr. George Yancopoulos, chief scientific officer of Regeneron. Now the answer seems more likely to come, as weight loss usually does, one hard-fought-for step at a time...
...fully developed, mature organs but continue to undergo structural changes up to age 25 is truly a relief for those of us who have agonized over a teenager's predilection for risk taking, impulsive behavior and overriding lack of good judgment. This research frees us to be patient rather than react with frustration and to understand that we must remain involved while teenagers grow into adulthood, offering them guidance, structure and firm rules. KIM TURPIN DAVIS, PRESIDENT The Parents Council Of Washington Bethesda...