Word: prolongment
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...first glance, Benny's story seems to be yet another case of a patient asserting his right to die when medicine can only prolong suffering. The twist is that Benny is still, in the eyes of the law, a child who cannot make such weighty decisions on his own. If he were in his 70s, the decision would seem like a victory: a dignified death with the consolation of a rich life fondly remembered. Benny, however, seems not only too young to die but also too young to want...
...commander -- himself. "This is a whole-time job for one man," he said. He was determined to avoid handing over command of the Allied ground forces to Eisenhower, as planned, on Sept. 1. In a direct challenge, he told Eisenhower that "to change command now would be to prolong the war." He was convinced that "one really full-blooded thrust toward Berlin is likely to get there and end the German...
...Russell says she did not speak because she"didn't want to prolong [the discussion] anymore"and because the council is not empowered to forceWalsh's resignation--the decision is his alone...
...behavior of the cancer cell and revealed its innermost secrets. Now the insights gleaned from basic research are being translated into novel approaches to cancer therapy. It still looks difficult to eradicate malignant cells, but scientists are exploring ways to tame them, to make them behave and thus greatly prolong the lives of people with the disease. The new therapies carry the promise of being not only more effective than the current slash-and- burn strategy but also much gentler to the patients who must endure the treatment. Exclaims Dr. Dennis Slamon, a UCLA cancer specialist: "This is the most...
...several compounds that interfere with angiogenesis. One such compound comes from a fungus that was accidentally discovered in 1989 when it contaminated cultures of endothelial cells in Judah Folkman's Harvard laboratory, dramatically curtailing their growth. This drug, says Folkman, is aimed not at curing cancer but at prolonging the period of time colonies of tumor cellsmissed by conventional therapy remain in place without spreading. "Suppose we prolong this period of dormancy for 10 years, and then another 10 years," muses Folkman. "Why, now we're beginning to compete with the normal life span...