Health tips from studies on nutrition, smoking, and stress
A roundup of findings from medical journals covers quitting smoking lowering heart risk over time, women with jobs benefiting mood, PMS relief through nutrition and stress control, steam inhalation not easing colds and may irritate nasal passages, and infant asthma linked to dust mites in humid homes.
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University of Massachusetts Medical School
American Journal of Public Health
San Jose
Calif
Journal of the American Medical Association
New England Journal of Medicine
Herald-Journal Wire Services
Cancer biotherapy sparks debate on access and cures
The article explores Oldham's biotherapy program using interleukin-2 and interferon to treat cancer, noting high costs, insurance gaps, and ethical concerns. It discusses patient outcomes, long-term stability versus tumor shrinkage, and calls for varied treatment protocols and nationwide testing.
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PDA
Oldham
Remembering Tim Elliott A Positive Warrior Against Cancer
Tim Elliott refused to let cancer dominate his life and pursued answers by seeking Dr Oldham's program at the Tennessee center and later Syracuse. He stayed active at the Syracuse newsroom, spent time with his wife Molly and three children, and celebrated his 35th birthday with agents in Camillus. Despite his illness he supported others, urging action and a hopeful mindset while noting how some patients are left unsupported or misled by optimistic cults.
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Oldham
Tim
Bunn
Elliott
Tennessee Medical Center
Syracuse
Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital
Tennessee
Molly
Camillus
Tim Elliott
Margaret LeBrun
Debunking chemotherapy fears and bat praise notes
Readers defend bats against claims and a Sarasota letter urges spreading reassurance about chemotherapy. An oncologist discusses side effects, stressing varied reactions and the value of treatment. A caller asks about alcoholism and the Ann Landers column offers a book order for guidance.
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Ann Landers
Sarasota, Fla
Living Colour’s Time’s Up Defines Rock With Purposeful Edge
The review traces how Living Colour redefines socially aware rock on Time’s Up, blending hard rock, funk, and gospel influences. It highlights Vernon Reid’s guitar drive, Corey Glover’s vocal focus on gentrification and stereotypes, and the band’s fusion of catchy hooks with weighty themes from environmental disaster to media saturation.
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Jack
Bruce Springsteen
Living Colour
Epic
Neville Brothers
A&m
Black Hook Coalition
Jimi Hendrix
Cream
Led Zeppelin
Hendrix
Vernon Reid
Corey Glover
MTV
Vivid
Talking Heads
Kashmir
Notable 20th Century Makers From Life's Top 100
Life magazine lists Wallace Carothers Willis Carrier McNamara and Robert DeGraff among its top 100. It notes Carothers invented nylon and died by suicide at 41, McNamara founded Diners Club, Carrier conceived air conditioning, and DeGraff helped launch soft cover books at Simon & Schuster. Gary Larson is on vacation with Far Side reruns.
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Wallace Carothers
McNamara
Willis Carrier
Robert DeGraff
Life Magazine
Carothers
Iowa
du Pont
Diners Club
Carrier
Syracuse
de Graff
Simon & Schuster
William Shakespeare
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Austin
Texas
Sarasota
P.O
Chicago
Ill
Canada
File Phota
Steve Erickson
Esquire Magazine
Jack Nicholson
Serine
Nicholson
Gary Larson
Herald-Journal
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