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...many as two-thirds of breast-cancer survivors, their lifesaving cancer treatment can lead to an incurable and painful condition known as lymphedema. The condition commonly affects patients whose lymph nodes were removed during surgery, causing often debilitating swelling in the hands and arms because of lymph fluid buildup...
Those rules can complicate everyday life, as Ethel Jefferson, 68, a breast-cancer patient in Philadelphia, learned firsthand. When her condition was diagnosed several months after her lumpectomy and radiation treatment, her doctor warned her against lifting more than 2 lb. with the affected arm. "Can you imagine going grocery-shopping?" she says. "I would ask someone at the store to lift my bags and then make sure someone would be home to help. You learn to compensate, but it was a challenge...
Experts also foresee significant potential health-care savings, based on the alleviation of symptoms among the study's weight-training patients. Treatment of an exacerbated case of lymphedema requires specialized attention from physical therapists - including massage and compression bandaging - expenses that many but not all insurance companies cover. For a patient with early-stage lymphedema, an eight-day course of therapy sessions can cost an average of $2,000, not including supplies and time spent by patients in daily sessions, according to the National Lymphedema Network. But if the new study leads to a shift in physicians' recommendations, perhaps...
...only one anabolic agent, called teriparatide, is available. But because it causes the deposition of new bone, it has the potential to cause uncontrolled bone growth and osteosarcoma tumors; to avoid that, the drug can be given only for short periods of time - about two years. After the drug treatment stops, bone loss resumes...
...loyalists question whether Brown - or for that matter Holder - has the necessary perspective to judge the actions of officials who faced extraordinary pressure in the wake of Sept. 11. Brown's closest associates counter that no one is better equipped to balance the competing equities of antiterrorism and the treatment of terror suspects. The 52-year-old Georgetown University-trained lawyer sifted complex matters for 20 years at the U.S. Attorneys office in the District of Columbia. She prosecuted narcotics cases, wrote appeals, pursued instances of police and attorney misconduct and oversaw all civil and criminal cases. High-profile investigations...