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Since there are no symptoms until cervical cancer is advanced, Pap smears are the only way to detect the malignancy early. Some gynecologists recommend the test every six months for women with more than one sexual partner, and more frequently for those who have had warts. Even when the warts disappear spontaneously or are medically removed, the underlying viral infection -- and therefore the risk of cancer -- may persist. Hoping to reduce that risk, doctors are testing the antiviral substance interferon in adults with severe warts, and efforts to produce a vaccine are also under way. But no solution is close...
Eddy's findings tend to undermine the recommendations of both the American Cancer Society and the American College of Radiology, which have suggested since 1983 that women undergo the procedure at least once between ages 35 and 40 as a basis for comparison with later mammograms, and then every year or two * between 40 and 49. But several other professional groups, including the American College of Physicians, have long chosen not to recommend screening by X rays for women under 50 except for those considered at high risk: women who have had breast cancer already or whose mothers or sisters...
...perhaps the most interesting thing to come out of the Noriega scandal is that it represents the first time that the U.S. has parted ways with one of its puppets over ideological grounds. Marcos, the Shah, Baby Doc; sure, they were all slimebags. But we didn't recommend nonsmoking, aisle seats until their expulsion was already a de facto reality...
...Committee decided to recommend to the Board of Overseers...
Critics fear that the panel members may have a hidden agenda. Frets Daniel Mitchell, director of tax and budget policy for the conservative Citizens for a Sound Economy: "There are people out there who want this commission to recommend tax increases and provide political cover for them." Liberals fear that the presence of members with corporate ties will mean that any tax hikes will fall on individuals instead of on businesses. Agreement on spending cuts could be hard to reach, since several members have special interests. Weinberger, for example, may resist any attack on the defense budget, and Kleckner...