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...family's mutation causes a relatively rare syndrome known as attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis (AFAP). Without proper clinical care, people with AFAP - who account for less than 1% of the 153,000 colorectal cancer cases in the U.S. every year - have a greater than two-in-three risk of developing cancer, compared with a one-in-24 chance in the general population. People with AFAP can begin develop colon polyps by their late teens (about 50% develop polyps in teenhood; others, later in life), and people with particularly severe cases are often advised to undergo a colectomy. Though colon cancer...
...descendants and identified about 50 with the genetic mutation. Family members actually have a very low risk of inheriting the genetic mutation - about 1 in 8,000 - but those who do have it run a 69% risk of developing colon cancer by age 80, if they don't seek proper clinical care...
...that way reinforced what my impetus for writing the book was: I don't want that to happen. I don't want us to disappear. I'm a human being. I love life. I love lots of other human beings. I just want us to find our proper sustainable level in place with all living creatures...
...therapist Michael and I hired did not encourage us to repair. She didn't have to. Our relationship had become so etiolated and dull that we didn't even have proper fights. We carried an aura of passivity, and the therapist wanted to see passion. She was smart to ask for it. Gottman, Levenson and their colleagues found that gays and lesbians who exhibit more tension during disagreements are more satisfied with their relationships than those who remain unruffled. For straight people, higher heart rates during squabbles were associated with lower relationship satisfaction. For gays and lesbians, it was just...
...risky, you know, but women are better at taking risks for peace.” The panelists compared their efforts to improve security, which included the experiences of the first female Colombian minister of defense and a young Afghan’s social activism beginning at age 17. The proper role of the international community in protecting women during conflicts was also discussed. Amal Jadou, the director general of international affairs for the Palestinian president, said that arriving at security is more complex than ending violence. “To talk about the security issue is not an easy issue...