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...original version of this article implied that television advertisements for Cypher were the first direct-to-consumer advertising for a medical device. Cypher was the first company to advertise percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with drug-eluting coronary stents, but other types of medical devices had been advertised on television previously. Also, a previous version of the article stated that Duke researcher Ruth Day had no financial connection to the Food & Drug Administration. She has worked as a consultant for FDA in the past, but her research is not funded...
...Bias Against China? In previous issues, TIME has indeed given much time to the political aspirations of some Tibetans, despite their violent protests. But in "Why China's Burning Mad," peaceful protests were marked as "virulent nationalism" with little serious reflection on the nature of the protesters' beliefs [May 5]. The suggestion that such protests are a result of government propaganda or education is misleading. In fact, thousands of overseas Chinese, who are not affected by any so-called "patriotic education," marched on streets to make their voices heard. The root cause of so much dissatisfaction among the Chinese people...
...either happens, McCain has several options. New lesions could be removed by surgery, as his previous ones were. Recurrent growths are trickier, since they are more likely to originate not on the skin but deeper in the body. Once melanoma spreads, it generally cannot be effectively treated with surgery or radiation, which are designed to target contained growths. Chemotherapy drugs and medications that stimulate the immune system are options, but some may not be suitable for McCain, doctors say, because of his age and the toxicity of the treatments...
...bombs exploded within minutes in the crowded central market area of Jaipur, a popular tourist city in the northwestern state of Rajasthan. Police say the bombs appear to have been strapped to bicycles and rickshaws. Though no one has yet claimed responsibility - such claims have been extremely rare after previous attacks - government officials and intelligence sources told Indian newspapers and television news stations that Islamic terrorist groups are the likely culprits. Junior home minister Shriprakash Jaiswal said "the people responsible for these attacks have foreign connections," which in India is understood to mean Pakistan or Bangladesh...
...Shervington returns to camp despondent. His mood darkens further the next morning, when he hears that the Taliban had held their own shura in the same courtyard the previous night, where villagers were warned off taking anything from the foreigners or the district commissioner. The insurgents told the farmers to leave Kajaki Olya within 15 days, at the end of the poppy harvest...