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...expecting some subsets of women to show some survival benefit. Many studies had been suggesting that there were some patients, such as young patients and women with triple negative cancer" - that is, cancer cells that lack receptors for estrogen, progesterone or HER2, which makes them difficult to treat with drugs - "that would benefit. But our analysis shows that's not true...
...insurance policy against overdose—much like car insurance makes people feel free to drive more recklessly. If a user has the antidote readily available, he or she will be less careful in avoiding overdose and less likely to call the paramedics when an emergency happens, preferring to treat themselves. While this line of argument may make sense for car insurance, it falls flat in this context: Heroin addicts on the verge of overdose are far from rational. And even if they were rational, the downside to excessive heroin use—possible death—is a powerful...
...strangely numb fingers was wrapped tightly around a jagged edge of broken bone, that every minute it stayed there increased the likelihood of permanent damage, maybe a palsied hand. His brilliant dark eyes understood immediately. He understood the time pressure, the risks and why I had to treat him right away, in the emergency room. Sasha nodded and said O.K. Then, so did Mom and Dad. I marveled at how these parents deferred to Sasha's judgment. They knew...
...invited StoryCorps to her 90th birthday party to play the tape and honor her by listening to the stories she recorded. I think there are surprising things that are said in the booth all the time, but there are never any Jerry Springer kinds of moments. People really treat this with incredible respect. The mission of StoryCorps is to celebrate and honor each other's lives through listening and we've recorded interviews with every kind of person you can imagine, every age group, every part of the country, every part of the socioeconomic ladder, and across the board people...
...recognize that the amount of time you spend in Washington means nothing unless you're accountable for the judgments you made at the time you had them" - the weekend was gentle and apolitical. Winfrey tried to motivate the HyVee crowd, but she didn't talk policy so much as treat Obama like a favorite book; she raved about how much he moved her, and told her friends to check him out. Obama stood by in a black suit and white shirt with no tie, soaking it all in before giving a version of his standard 30-minute stump speech...