Hope and science collide on cancer cure hype
Ellen Goodman's Gazette column examines the volatile rise of hope around Judah Folkman's angiogenesis therapy, the media and market frenzy it sparked, and the cautious path science must tread between promise and proof. It notes investors' jump, doctors' caution, and the public's search for a cure while urging return to laboratory rigor.
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Hormone substitute raloxifene shows heart benefits in study
A Harvard study finds raloxifene lowers LDL cholesterol by 12 percent in postmenopausal women, with less impact on HDL and lipoprotein a than estrogen. The drug also reduces fibrinogen levels, suggesting heart protection, but more research is needed to confirm broad cardiovascular prevention and establish Evista as an estrogen alternative.
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The Gazette Promotes Soybean Ink and Recycling
The Gazette highlights its future focus by printing with soybean ink and using recycled newsprint. It urges readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton on Sixth St SW or at nearby recycling locations.
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Clinton trip centers on future of Europe during overseas visit
President Clinton begins a week long tour of Germany Britain and Switzerland to discuss Europe s future and Asia driven turmoil The trip coincides with the G eight meeting in Birmingham and includes a Berlin Airlift anniversary observance Clinton also plans talks with Chancellor Kohl and a brief meeting with opposition candidate Schroeder as NATO weighs expanding to Poland Hungary and the Czech Republic
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Sandy” Berger
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Former Texaco Executives Cleared in Discrimination Case
In White Plains New York former Texaco executives Richard Lundwall and Robert Ulrich were acquitted of obstructing justice. They were alleged to have plotted to hide or destroy company documents sought by black employees who sued Texaco for discrimination after a three week trial.
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Texaco tape scandal ends in acquittal for Lundwall and Ulrich
A federal jury found Lundwall and Ulrich not guilty after four days of deliberations. The case centered on secretly recorded meetings in 1994 and 1995 that exposed executives disparaging black employees and discussing shredding documents. Texaco previously settled the discrimination suit for 176 million dollars and took disciplinary steps including firing one executive.
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