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...saturated in reproductions of works of art. Hence the more art books and magazines we thumb through, the less likely we are to see an original fresh, for the first time: reproduction precedes the work as the radar blip announces the incoming plane, removing its element of surprise. No well-known artist has ever been able to circumvent this; only obscure ones don't have the problem, and wish they...
...revolutionary, a dazzling lady leftist whose eyes show "a vulnerability that she took such pains to conceal . . ." Len Deighton is at it again, this time in the treacherous jungles of South America. Throughout MAMista (HarperCollins; 410 pages; $21.95), guerrillas attempt to seize control of Spanish Guiana, currently under the thumb of cryptofascist goons. The covert war is rife with betrayal, and ultimately no one is pure in Deighton's 17th spy novel. Intrigues misfire; disease kills more effectively than bullets; and corruption becomes the order of the day. Even so, the characters are shrewdly delineated, and the suspense continues until...
When Lea Ann and Brad Curry of Lanesville, Ind., first lifted the hands of tiny daughter Natalie, their hearts clutched. The baby's left thumb was missing, and her right thumb was useless. The radius bone was missing from the infant's left arm. The doctors' diagnosis was devastating: Fanconi's anemia. Unless Natalie received a new immune system from transplanted stem cells, the units from which all blood cells derive, she faced a short life of severe anemia and possible retardation...
...that the exams often fail to detect smaller cancers and those that originate on the front of the gland. The method is also subjective. One expert remarked that all he can tell his medical students is that the gland feels "like the soft skin at the base of the thumb" while a tumor feels "like a knuckle." Concluded Dr. William Cooner, a PSA expert at the University of South Alabama: "The rectal examination has served us very poorly." Several alternatives have been tried over the years, the most recent being an ultrasound probe. Although this proved somewhat effective...
...about every 20 patients I see at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center could be described as an Alzheimer's-phobic. My rule of thumb is that the person who thinks he or she has Alzheimer's doesn't. Almost invariably, the Alzheimer's patient is brought in by a family member. Either the patient is not aware of the problem or just can't get it together to make an appointment with a doctor...