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Most headaches are brought on by anything from simple, tension-induced tightening of the muscles in the head or neck to more serious injury or illness, such as a blood clot or tumor. But migraines belong to a different and puzzling category known as vascular headaches. They seem to stem from a swelling of cranial blood vessels, which may be accompanied by some local inflammation. Some doctors also implicate bodily chemicals, notably histamine and serotonin. Investigators at Baylor University have even reported that over a prolonged period of time migraines may damage some brain cells?apparently without any noticeable mental...
...guess I was also overwhelmed by the inmates themselves. I was scared, walking in--the series of metal doors closing behind us reminded us that the people we were meeting were criminals, locked up to avoid polluting the rest of society, a tumor isolated from the body. But the 20 or so men we met were kind--when we first came in, one gave me a pack of cigarettes to replace those the administration confiscated when we entered. They were polite, holding themselves back from interrupting each other far better than most Harvard students could have. And they were articulate...
...study says feline leukemia virus is the only tumor-producing "RNA virus known to be widely disseminated in man's environment...
...Hubert H. Humphrey, 66, indefatigable Minnesota Senator, former Vice President, and 1968 standard-bearer of the Democratic Party; with inoperable pelvic cancer; in Minneapolis. Doctors discovered a malignant tumor on Humphrey's pelvic bone during a four-hour operation to remedy a bowel obstruction. The Senator's cancerous bladder was removed last October. Although his condition is described as terminal because it is inoperable, doctors refused to say how long he might live. They plan to treat the tumor with chemotherapy to slow its growth, and expect that Humphrey will be able to return to the Senate...
...colleague, Philip Myers, is placed against nine different sites on the breast and held at each for about 10 seconds. If one spot turns out to be significantly hotter than a comparable area on the other breast, the supervising radiologist is alerted and can make other checks for a tumor, including X rays...