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...Edwardses have acknowledged that Elizabeth's cancer is not curable. The best that can be hoped for is to shrink whatever tumors are present and try to prevent more from cropping up. Most patients do respond to drugs for a while, and then relapse. The standard care is to stay on a drug as long as it's working and switch when it stops - nearly all drugs eventually stop working - until doctors run out of drugs...
...Elizabeth Edwards relapsed just a little over two years after initial treatment is a bad sign, suggesting that her cancer is very aggressive. On the plus side, though, is that Edwards' disease is "low volume", according to her oncologist, Lisa Carey of Chapel Hill, N.C., meaning little tumor is present. Also favorable, says Russell, is that "she's apparently in excellent health and she's having no symptoms...
...night flight to Egypt, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice planned to curl up with Michael Oren's Power, Faith and Fantasy, America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present. Recommending the bestseller to the reporters traveling with her, she noted that American involvement in the region went back to Thomas Jefferson...
...present, we do not yet know whether Drew Gilpin Faust is that president. But, we know that she stands at the brink of an unprecedented opportunity to be that president. Based on our initial interactions with her, we remain optimistic about her vision. But it is too early for us to pass judgment on the actual impact she will have upon the student experience. We certainly hope that she is the best president for Harvard. From an undergraduate perspective, we hope even more strongly that she makes Harvard a better place for its students...
Environmentalism is newly ascendant in America, urged on by the growing realization that the effects of climate change are likely to present the greatest threats to international development and our own quality of life over the next decades. The environment, long marginalized as a special interest, is becoming the galvanizing issue of this generation. The environmental problems that demand our attention today will only continue to multiply. It is imperative that we start thinking about them seriously...