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Also popular with notebook buyers are systems built around Intel's 386SL CPU/A member of the successful 80386 series, the chip was designed to prolong battery lives on notebooks, one of the biggest concerns for notebook users. It does so through a lower power requirement, an internal memory cache that Intel claims can speed up operations by up to 20 percent, and built in power-management circuitry that helps per serve as much power as possible...
Chow added, "At the very least, we hope this new strategy will prolong the lives of people infected with HIV-1. Only time will tell...
MORE THAN 20,000 AMERICAN WOMEN ARE DIAGnosed each year with ovarian cancer, many with the disease in an advanced stage, and chemotherapy seldom helps prolong their life. There is one effective treatment: taxol, a substance found in the bark of the Pacific yew tree. Taxol doesn't cure the cancer but does slow its progress for months in up to 30% of patients. Now it has received the blessing of both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Canadian authorities as an approved treatment for ovarian cancer. It is also being investigated for possible effectiveness in combatting breast...
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...