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...Program, associates steroidal estrogen with increased risk of endometrial and breast cancer, based on data from studies of HRT and birth-control pills. Still, scientists debate whether such treatments--which combine estrogen with other hormones--pose the same threat as estrogen alone. "If this concerns you, talk to your physician about it," says Dr. Christopher Portier, associate director of the NTP. Among the 14 other substances to make the NTP list: wood dust, common in sawmills and furniture-or cabinetmaking workshops; broad-spectrum ultraviolet radiation, from the sun or tanning beds; and IQ, a compound found in cigarette smoke that...
...Russian commandos to disable the terrorists. But the effects are proving to be more serious and lasting than many expected. A number of survivors have checked themselves back into hospitals, complaining of respiratory, kidney, liver and partial-paralysis problems. "Eventually, they will all need very elaborate treatment," says a physician. The government paid each of the victims $3,000 in compensation, but that won't cover the expensive treatments these people will need, this doctor says. "They were never told, and still don't realize, how badly their health is ruined." One group of victims is suing the city...
...Senatorial Campaign Committee. A Harvard-trained heart surgeon Frist votes a very conservative line on most issues, but is known to depart from his party's position on issues with a scientific bent, including stem cell research and extending care for AIDS patients. He is the only physician currently serving in the Senate, and his colleagues often depend on his opinion when considering votes on medical issues...
...theater and asked police to inject the unconscious hostages. But police administered the injections incorrectly, or not at all. Many survivors have since checked themselves back into hospitals, complaining of respiratory, kidney, liver and partial paralysis problems. "Eventually, they will all need very elaborate treatment," says one physician. The government paid victims $3,000 in compensation, but that won't cover the expensive treatments these people will need, according to this doctor. "They were never told, and still don't realize, how badly their health is ruined," he says. One group of victims, represented by Moscow lawyer Igor Trunov...
...another J.F.K. has come into the picture. That would be the one with a multitude of serious illnesses whose life was a hidden ordeal of pills and injections, the one whose severe chronic back pain led him eventually to find relief in amphetamine shots from Max Jacobson, the celebrity physician later known as Dr. Feelgood. "I don't care if it's horse piss," Kennedy is reported to have told his disapproving brother Bobby. "It works...