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...Western Ways, Western Woes If the spread of U.S. and European lifestyles is indeed contributing to the breast-cancer boom, the first and worst of all those new habits is almost surely diet. In a study released in July, scientists traced the eating habits of 3,000 Chinese women, ranging in age from 25 to 64. Half of the group ate a "meat sweet" diet of Western cuisine, rich in red meat, shrimp, fish, candy, desserts, bread and milk. The others stuck to more traditional Asian fare of tofu, vegetables, sprouts, beans, fish and soy milk. Postmenopausal women...
...Getting Well For those women in the developing world who do get help, the path to recovery can be no less fraught than the path to diagnosis. Thirty years ago, treatment automatically meant mastectomy. By the 1980s, studies showed that for tumors that had not spread, all that might be required is a so-called lumpectomy, in which only the mass itself and the immediate surrounding area are cut away, provided that surgery is followed by radiation to destroy any rogue cancer cells. The subsequent need for chemotherapy depends on the degree of spread, the type of cancer and other...
...Warcraft the next year after he discovered that one of his roommates had been playing it in secret.“I had qualms,” he says of the switch. “I didn’t want to waste time…but the idea spread like a plague.”And he’s not the only Nadler to catch the plague: at the age of twelve, his little brother is already a level 70.“One of my best memories with my brother was when we were both...
...came out really fired up,” senior Laura Mahon said. “But Dartmouth has maintained a level of play this year I’ve never seen before. They really had our number.” Despite dropping the match, Harvard spread the ball, with eight players recording at least one kill and nine notching at least one dig. Sophomore libero Katherine Kocurek led the defense with a match-high 21 digs. Captain Suzie Trimble dominated the net with four solo blocks to go along with a pair of block assists. Offensively, Trimble and junior Kathryn...
...Guernsey says that he wants to bring the vibrant Ugandan church atmosphere back to his All Saints' Church near Washington, D.C., and to other churches. The bishop leans forward and says conspiratorially, "It [the atmosphere] is contagious: You spread it through contact." It remains to be seen whether Americans in their Sunday best will start getting infected...