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With a few notable exceptions, the treatment of anyone whose cancer has spread throughout the body has been more about prolonging lives by a few months than about curing the underlying disease. But the amazing progress in the treatment of advanced cases of testicular cancer - made famous by seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong - has doctors wondering if maybe they have overlooked one of the body's most basic weapons in the fight against disease: heat...
Saeed was not as displeased by Andrea's progress. Shock treatments were usually temporary fixes for severely ill patients, he told Rusty. He still did not want to go back to prescribing Haldol. "It's a bad medicine," he said. He thought about putting her on lithium, typically used to treat bipolar patients with mood swings. Andrea's mood had been flat but steady until the past week, Rusty told him. Asked if she were suicidal, Andrea murmured "No" to Saeed. He did not ask if she thought of hurting others. Again Saeed adjusted her dose of antidepressants...
...they had control of Gaza, they vandalized the synagogues, destroyed state-of-the-art greenhouses and did nothing to create jobs and income. If the Palestinians hadn't been so obsessed with warring against Israel during the past 58 years, they would have made enormous social and economic progress. Palestinians deserve leaders who are committed to creating peace and jobs and raising their standard of living, not destroying it. Joseph Abdel Wahed Moraga, California, U.S. Liberty vs. Security Everyone should read managing editor Richard Stengel's "To Our Readers" column about the crossfire between the U.S. government and the press...
...long as the conferences produce something." George H.W. Bush and his Secretary of State James Baker were seen as heroes by some Palestinians; Bill Clinton made the quest for Middle East peace a centerpiece of his legacy project. Bush aides say the times were different then and the vaunted progress under Clinton turned out to be what one called "a false stability...
...long as the conferences produce something." George H.W. Bush and his Secretary of State James Baker were seen as heroes by some Palestinians; Bill Clinton made the quest for Middle East peace a centerpiece of his legacy project. Bush aides say the times were different then and the vaunted progress under Clinton turned out to be what one called "a false stability...