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DIED. Dennis Stone, 52, prominent epidemiologist who co-wrote the definitive study of the links between fetal deformities and drugs used by pregnant women; of a brain tumor; in Lexington, Mass. Slone's 1977 Birth Defects and Drugs in Pregnancy concluded that the most commonly used painkillers, tranquilizers and sleeping pills involve little risk to fetuses. Last year, however, his team reported that women who used oral contraceptives for a long time doubled or tripled their chances of having a heart attack...
Currently doctor remove at least two in check of skin on both sides of the tumor along with the turner itself, leaving a large gap that must be covered with a short graft. The report recommends cutting out much smaller amounts of skin around the turn or. The smaller hole can be closed with side to side seizure, which is simpler to perform and leaves considerably less scarring than a skin graft...
After leaving the university, he develops a tumor on his neck. Without seeing a doctor he diagnoses the lump as the accumulation of "swallowed tears." It is confirmation that if a person suppresses his suffering, he will be devoured by the suffering buried within. When Zorn finally consults a physician, a more clinical diagnosis is offered: the growth is malignant. Cancer comes as something of a relief; the pain and suffering finally have a name...
...England Journal of Medicine, the Texas researchers report trying the therapy on five women with advanced breast cancer that no longer responded to conventional treatment. The women experienced reddening of tissue, blistering and burning sensations at the tumor sites, as well as chills, nausea and vomiting. But in four patients, repeated washing reduced the tumor size by 33% to 79%. Despite these tentative successes, the team stresses that the technique is experimental. More work is needed to determine its usefulness and safety...
...Shortly after he entered Cornell University in 1980 as a graduate student in biochemistry, Spector was working with some of the most eminent men in his field. Most remarkable of all, at age 24, Spector seemed on the verge of proving a bold new theory explaining how tumor-causing viruses could turn a cell cancerous. He looked like a good bet for a Nobel Prize some...