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...shots of local anesthetic. Amid all the other shocks and discomforts of adjusting to life outside the womb, it's unlikely the procedure would leave a boy with lifelong trauma. Complications are uncommon and generally minor, involving a little bleeding or inflammation (and not accidental amputation). Older boys who undergo circumcision are typically given general anesthesia...
Initially, endostatin will undergo Phase I human trials, meaning that the object will be to determine only its safety and the appropriate dosage schedule...
...before you or a loved one decide to add to that number, it pays to understand some key statistics--starting with that 90% reduction in deaths. The Mayo investigators derived the figure from statistical models and from the death rate of the patients' sisters, who did not undergo the operation but presumably faced the same cancer risk. The deaths among the untreated sisters led doctors to predict that there should have been 20 deaths from breast cancer in the research subjects. In fact, after the mastectomies, there were only two deaths...
...easy to make incorrect assumptions about breast cancer. So before you undergo a prophylactic mastectomy or any other preventive therapy for breast cancer, take the time to understand your real risks--as well as any potential benefits...
...story sets Picard and the crew of the Enterprise against the grotesque Son'a, a race so ravaged by the effects of age that they must undergo frequent face-lift procedures in order to prevent their skin from sagging off their faces. The Son'a have developed technology to harvest the metaphasic radiation which permeates the Ba'ku planet; this radiation acts as a fountain of youth, giving eternal life to the Ba'ku. Unfortunately, the Son'a's plan to harvest the radiation for their own use will instantaneously destroy the planet...