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...more doctors learn about aspirin, the more impressed they are with what it can do. Not only does this cheap, century-old drug (derived originally from the bark of the willow tree) relieve pain and ward off heart attacks, but now there is also strong evidence that it is one of the few compounds that offer real protection against colon cancer, the second leading cause of death from cancer in the U.S. The results of two studies published in last week's New England Journal of Medicine clearly show that taking aspirin every day--in low or high doses--reduces...
...also not clear exactly how aspirin works to ward off polyps. There is evidence to suggest that it slows down the enzyme known as cyclo-oxygenase 2, or COX-2, which seems to play a role in spurring cell growth that can lead to tumors. But for reasons no one can yet explain, higher doses of aspirin didn't translate into more protection. In one of the studies reported last week, more patients in the group taking full-strength, 325-mg aspirin pills developed colon cancer (10.7%) than in the group taking so-called baby, or 81-mg, aspirin...
RESIGNED. LLOYD WARD, 53, embattled CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee, the fourth boss to step down in four years; seven weeks after being stripped of his $184,800 bonus for trying to steer Olympic business to a company with ties to his brother; in Colorado Springs, Colo. Five other top officials had previously resigned in protest over the Committee's handling of the issue...
...When you inform whatever you do in the political arena with religious and spiritual tradition, it enriches both,” said Kate G. Ward ’05, vice president of the CSA and president of Church Ladies...
Sophomore Anne Osmun finished strong for the Crimson, taking fourth in the one-meter dive. Also placing for Harvard were Ward at fifth in the 50-yard freestyle, senior Victoria Chang at seventh in the 500-yard freestyle and freshman Emily Stapleton at eighth in the 200-yard individual medley...