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...rate each year, Lewis said that the problem is no longer how scientifically to fight the disease. Medicines to drastically reduce the mother-to-infant transmission rate are inexpensive to produce and easy to administer, he said. It would be similarly simple, he added, to administer drugs that can prolong the lives of people already infected...

Author: By Laura L. Krug, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: UN Special Envoy Decries World Response to AIDS | 11/21/2002 | See Source »

...Island is past. Today's immigrants are coming to the third most populous nation in the world. America is unable to absorb any more immigrants. What's more, some of these people represent a groundswell of cultural change that their homelands obviously need. Enabling them to emigrate will only prolong and encourage their parent nations' continued failures. JAMES WALTON Davis, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 18, 2002 | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

...significant finding that may ultimately prolong the life of heart attack victims, a team of researchers at the Harvard Medical School’s Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital have found that implanting certain stem cells into areas of the heart damaged by heart attacks may stimulate blood vessel regrowth...

Author: By Nura A. Hossainzadeh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Stem Cell Research Holds Promise for Heart Disease Damaged Heart Tissue | 11/5/2002 | See Source »

...Heilman ’03 (Oct. 25) makes the implication that the Israelis are somehow burdened with the responsibility of placing the Palestinian population under occupation. He claims: “We do not want to rule over three million Palestinians, we do not want to prolong a war that kills children and women and soldiers.” But the policies of the Sharon government and the actions of the Israeli military wholly contradict these claims. The presence of settlements on Palestinian land forces the Israeli military to maintain a constant presence in the West Bank and Gaza...

Author: By Erol N. Gulay, | Title: Israeli Settlement Policy Burdens Palestinians | 10/28/2002 | See Source »

When asked about whether the College will prolong library hours and Thanksgiving breaks, Kirby replied, “I have no idea...

Author: By Alexander J. Blenkinsopp, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kirby Previews Curricular Review for UC | 10/28/2002 | See Source »

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