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Harvard freshman breast-stroker Rich Ou skipped the breast events and competed in the 50-meter freestyle instead and placed a close third. Classmate Sean Gouldson, normally a backstroker, took first-place in the 100-meter freestyle...
...more important than others in human cancers. Mutations in the RAS oncogene, for instance, are believed to play a role in a majority of pancreatic and colon cancers, and some lung cancers as well. Mutations in other oncogenes have been linked to leukemia and the most lethal forms of breast and ovarian cancer...
Health concerns that primarily affect women get particularly short shrift in the research community, many doctors say. Breast cancer, for example, has doubled in incidence since 1960 and is now killing 44,000 women each year. Yet last year the NIH spent just $77 million studying the ailment, including only $16 million on basic research. Two years ago, the NIH halted a major study on breast cancer and low-fat diets because of cost considerations. "I can't believe that decision," says Dr. Mary Guinan, assistant director for science at the Centers for Disease Control. "If we could tell women...
Research on contraception and menopause has also failed to garner many federal dollars. Though an estimated one-third of older women are taking hormone-replacement therapy to combat osteoporosis and other effects of menopause, many questions remain about how this treatment might alter the risks of breast cancer and heart disease. Says Guinan: "As doctors, we think we're helping women when we may actually be harming them." Meanwhile, no new contraceptive method has been approved in the U.S. since the 1960s. Overall, the NIH spends only 13% of its $7.7 billion budget on women's health issues, < according...
Those permitted to be born may not survive into adulthood because of deliberate neglect. Studies show that female children in India and Bangladesh are breast-fed for a shorter period and given less nourishing meals than males. In rural China when food is scarce, anthropologists report, girls are more likely to suffer from chronic malnutrition than their brothers...