Ovarian cancer breakthrough aids Brunswick woman life
Edie McCall a 51 year old Brunswick resident underwent pioneering photodynamic therapy at NIH in Bethesda after ovarian cancer spread. The treatment uses a chemical agent and red and green lasers to destroy cancer cells, enabling slow growing tumors to be removed while sparing bladder and other organs. Despite initial setbacks and light sensitivity, she recovered, remained cancer free in testing, and credits the NIH study with saving her life.
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Brunswick
Edie McCall
National Institutes of Health
John Brown Lane
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Bethesda
Thomas F. Delaney
McCall
Delaney
NIH
Mrs. McCall
Good Housekeeping
Charles B. Jr
Chuck
Nonagenarians offer reasons for long lives
A survey of 400 nonagenarians reveals lifestyle as a key factor in longevity, with 95 percent not smoking and 88 percent abstaining from alcohol. Women outnumber men nearly three to one, and heredity is less cited than healthy living. Researchers note genetics may play a role, while many interviewees credit exercise, restraint, and purpose, including long careers and hobbies.
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Humana Seniors Association
Humana Hospitals
Robert Gilbert
Corpus Christi
Texas
Associated Press
Connecticut
France
Gilbert
Ruth Windom
St. Petersburg
Fla
Marvin
Raoul Jourdan
Jourdan
New Orleans
Vernon L. Greene
Syracuse University Gerontology Center
Greene
Morris White
Miami Beach
John Peterson
Daytona Beach
Tong
Average Lifetime Habits and Weight Trends Revealed
A compilation of studies surveys how Americans spend time and what they gain or lose. It includes 24 years sleeping, five waiting in line, 10,935 reading hours, and 1,218 pounds of junk mail per recipient. It also notes gender differences in fantasies and crying, plus weight loss attempts and success rates across age groups.
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Tom Heymann
Fawcett Columbine
Heymann
Food Company
Children Learn Housework From Parents Not Fathers
Franches Goldscheider and Linda Waite argue in a Rand Corp study that husbands swap their wives workload with a drop in child chores, especially in educated homes. Teen girls do five times as much housework as boys, mostly within the home, while boys focus on yard work. Families teach little about running a home the same.
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Frances Goldscheider
Linda Waite
Rand Corp
University of California Press
Goldscheider and Waite
Ambiguous feelings about having no children
Readers share mixed views on life without children highlighting independence and regret. Boomer women faced shifting birth trends with a late motherhood surge reversing earlier forecasts. Data from 1988 shows about 9 percent of couples aged 35 to 44 were childless, with Lang noting historical peaks during economic downturns.
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Scripps Howard News Service
Susan Lang
Pharos Books
National Center For Health Statistics
Lang
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Marian Smith
Timothy Jacobsen
Maturity News Service
Wana
Pep Hhehie
Florence Shinkle
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Scripps
Howard News Service
Linda Lee Law
Denver
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