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...Roman Chelbowski, lead author of the current study and a medical oncologist at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, disagrees. He says the rapid decline in cancer rates was due not only to an overall drop in breast-cancer risk, but also to the withdrawal of excess estrogen, which may actually have served as a treatment for tiny, preclinical breast cancers. "When you change from a high- to a low-estrogen environment, it's like giving breast cancer treatment," he says. "These are preclinical cancers that are below the level of detection, and that accounts...
...unanimous vote, the City of Boston gave Boston College the green light to proceed with its $1.6 billion campus expansion in Brighton, but deferred decision-making on a controversial dormitory that BC proposed to build on property purchased from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston...
...understands the importance of having candidates who appeal to different constituencies without promoting a monolithic agenda," says Kellie Ferguson, executive director of Republican Majority for Choice, a Washington-based group of moderate conservatives. (A Roman Catholic, Steele personally opposes abortion.) She added, "Hopefully, he will have an open door with social moderates and conservative Republicans and bring everyone together under what will truly be a big tent...
...substance of the boss's unilateral olive branch to a group that has shown little good will toward Rome ever since the four bishops were consecrated in open defiance of Pope John Paul II, the act that had prompted their 1988 excommunication. Among several loyal Pope backers inside the Roman Curia, none of whom wanted to be identified, there was widespread consternation about the entire episode - and major uncertainty about what happens next. "The way it was just dropped on the public, is the same way it dropped on us," says one well-placed Vatican source...
...company switched CEOs this month, hiring Ron Marshall, a turnaround specialist and former Barnes & Noble executive. "Borders remains one of the nation's strongest brands with millions of loyal customers who love our stores," says company spokeswoman Anne Roman. "Our new leadership recognizes our challenges, admits that we have made mistakes, and is focused on getting our financial house in order as an immediate priority." Borders stock has flirted with a New York Stock Exchange delisting; it closed at 52 cents per share on Jan. 27, a 95% drop over last year. "They're in survival mode," says Davidowitz...