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First the CAT scan picks up suspicious-looking lesions in the lungs. Then a radiologist determines whether those nodules warrant further investigation. Most of the time, that means waiting a couple of weeks or months to see if they grow (only 1 out of 10 lesions is cancerous). Sometimes it means undergoing a biopsy. "We found that people were willing to wait," Henschke says, in order to avoid potential complications from unnecessary surgery. The still experimental scan costs $300 and is so far available only in New York City, Rochester, Minn., and Tampa, Fla. But if it becomes the next...
...Reform party stand up and decide what it wants to be. Jesse Ventura has sketched out a libertarianism on social issues (and an internationalism on trade issues) that a Buchanan candidacy would instantly erase. Buchanan's followers are rabidly pro-life and anti-foreigner and not disinclined to scan the skies for black helicopters and other imaginary craft. They also turn out at the polls ? Buchanan could expect to clear the 5 percent hurdle the party needs to hang on to its matching funds in 2004. But, and it's a big but, they have the effect of scaring everybody...
Many far-flung families have discovered a wonderful Web freebie: create-your-own family sites, where relatives equipped with passwords can post messages, share family anecdotes, keep track of birthdays, scan in snapshots--and see what the rest of their extended family has been up to. Valerie Juleson lives in Wilton, Conn. Her 12 adult children--11 foster kids and one biological child--are spread out all over the U.S. and Europe, and her two grandchildren live in Florida. She keeps up with everyone through a site created on myfamily.com One of the latest sitemakers to come online: superfamily.com...
...techies at Digitas, the technology start-up company that maintains www.digitas.harvard.edu, every Harvard student had a personal shopping assistant last week. Course Decision Assistant (CDA) instantly searches, organizes and presents the Course Catalog and CUE guides using a clean, clickable interface. As FM searched for fulfillment, the key-word scan proved handy...
SPARE THE SCALPEL Parents aren't alone in having trouble figuring out if their kid's bellyache is really appendicitis. In up to 20% of cases, doctors operate only to find a perfectly healthy appendix. Now a study shows that examining the abdomen with ultrasound or a CAT scan is 94% accurate in diagnosing whether a sick child does or does not require surgery. One drawback: a nonradioactive dye must be administered through the child's rectum before a CAT scan can be performed...