Word: prolongers
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Whatever the merits of this particular type of mass screening, there are strong reasons to believe that early and accurate detection of prostate cancer can prolong life. When the disease has not spread beyond the prostate, 95% of men survive for at least five years. For half the men in whom the cancer has metastasized, life expectancy is two to three years. Moreover, techniques for surgically removing the prostate -- the standard treatment for the cancer -- have improved dramatically. Just a few years ago, the operation usually caused impotence and incontinence because it damaged nerves in the area. But by using...
...Harvard field hockey team (1-0 overall, 0-0 Ivy) won its season opener Sunday and will try to prolong perfection when it hosts Connecticut (1-3-1) today at Cumnock Field. But today's match will not be as easy as the Crimson's 3-0 victory over Rhode Island...
Effective new drugs will probably be developed, but a decade may pass before they are ready for use. In the meantime, several measures could prolong the usefulness of antibiotics currently on the shelf. To counter the rise of resistant strains of salmonella, the practice of dosing farm animals with large quantities of antibiotics could be curtailed. Hospitals could do a better job of using late-model antibiotics more sparingly, thereby preserving their effectiveness. Public health departments in major cities could return to the old practice of strictly monitoring the drug therapy of TB patients who haven't been following their...
...caught early, the skin cancer called malignant melanoma is curable. If not, it's almost always fatal. But a new treatment under study at the John Wayne Cancer Institute in Santa Monica, Calif., appears at least to prolong lives. Researchers injected patients with a tuberculosis vaccine mixed with melanoma cells. Result: average survival went from seven to 23 months, with some staying cancer free for eight years. The doctors warn that an approved vaccine could take a decade...
Economically, AIDS exacerbates the general split in the U.S. between those who have health care and other job benefits and those who do not. For the former group, the chief concern is getting government approval for innovative high-tech treatments that may prolong their lives. For those lacking benefits, the problem is to get care and shelter of any kind. With AIDS treatment often costing well into six figures and patients frequently surviving years while unable to work, those who lack benefits -- or who are manipulated out of them / by employers or insurers -- may find themselves reduced to public charity...