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• Overcooking Meats Can Be Just As Harmful As Undercooking Them

  July 17, 1996 in Food on Page F3 It sounds like a flipflop, but it’s not. For years, scientists have been warning us of the dangers of undercooked meat. Now studies suggest that the more we cook meat, …

• Study Supports More Frequent Mammograms Tumors Can Grow Rapidly In Young Women, Requiring More Screening, Researchers Find

  July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 A study found breast tumors in younger women can grow rapidly - from too-small-to-be-detected to large - in less than two years, suggesting that those worried about cancer should get …

• Chemo An Option For Throat Cancer

  July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Chemotherapy that preserves a patient’s voice box and ability to speak is just as effective as surgery in treating some types of throat cancer, a study suggests. Cancer experts say …

• Vitamin C Good For Smokers

  July 1, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Injections of vitamin C given to smokers reverse one of the most harmful cardiovascular effects of smoking, according to a study being published today. However, more research is needed to …

• Virus Turns Cholera Into Killer Illness Virus Causes Harmless Bacteria To Manufacture Deadly Poison

  June 28, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Harmless forms of cholera bacteria are turned into killers when they are infected by a virus that switches on a poison-making gene, according to new research. The true villain in …

• New Life May Help Save Others Research Finds Benefits To Umbilical Cord Blood

  June 9, 1996 in Features on Page E1 During the course of a pregnancy, expectant parents have many decisions to make. Should they undergo prenatal testing? Should mom breast-feed? Should a son be circumcised? Add a new consideration …

• Sperm-Making Cells Can Be Frozen, Transplanted Technique Could Be Used For Infertile Men, Saving Endangered Animals

  May 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A12 Scientists have successfully transplanted sperm-making cells between species, raising the possibility someday of using animals to produce sperm for infertile men. They have also found that the sperm-making cells can …

• Pollutants May Cause Brain Damage

  May 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A12 A family of common environmental pollutants already suspected of contributing to reproductive problems may also cause brain damage, learning disorders and other problems in children, scientists say. Evidence suggests that …

• Farmers May Soon Produce Organs

  May 30, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A12 Researchers are looking to the day when farm animals could provide organs to be transplanted into humans. Scientists at the University of Missouri-Columbia hope to learn how to reprogram a …

• Getting A Second Shot WSU Veterinarians Developing Treatment To Avoid Having To Shoot Injured Racehorses

  May 24, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Equine E.R. WSU veterinary students and staff use a winch to load a sedated racehorse into a special “horse ambulance.” Photo by Kristy MacDonald/The Spokesman-Review

• Frozen Graves May Hold Answers To Epidemic Researchers Hope To Dig Up Disease That Killed 20 Million

  May 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A11 A research team plans to exhume seven bodies from permafrost in hopes of finding what caused a global epidemic that killed 20 million people in 1918 and 1919. The 1918 …

• Azt Helps Reduce Hiv Risk For Newborns Women Who Took The Drug Less Likely To Have Babies With Virus

  May 15, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 HIV-positive women who took AZT while pregnant were significantly less likely to deliver babies with the virus, researchers said Tuesday. But in another study, some pregnant, HIV-positive women offered AZT …

• Report: Young Athletes Prone To Eating Disorders

  May 15, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Many young athletes, ranging from thin, graceful gymnasts to stocky, powerful wrestlers, are endangering their health by going to extremes to control their weight, doctors warn. Many develop eating disorders …

• Retin-A Found To Help Shrink Stretch Marks When Applied In Early Stages

  May 15, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 Retin-A can help self-conscious teenagers get past acne and soften the wrinkles of the middleaged. Now, researchers say, it may shrink stretch marks from pregnancy or obesity. Tretinoin, the active …

• Research Suggests Retina Is Body Clock

  April 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 The daily shedding and regrowth of cells in the retina nerve of the eye may help control the sleep cycle and guide the body’s perception of the passage of time, …

• Smoking, Obesity Can Harm Fetuses

  April 10, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Both smoking and obesity can harm unborn children, according to separate studies released Tuesday. Pregnant women who smoke are 50 percent more likely to have mentally retarded children, according to …

• Male Doctors Less Likely To Give Physical Breast Exams

  April 10, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Male doctors are less likely than their female colleagues to give women physical breast exams, a study has found. That is a problem because a physical exam can find signs …

• Student Dies After Exam For Research Volunteer May Have Been Given Too Much Cough Suppressant

  April 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A9 Human trials in a research project on effects of smoking and air pollution were halted because a young student volunteer died after an ordinarily routine examination. The student was given …

• Teens Respond To Cigarette Ads

  April 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Teenagers are three times as likely as adults to respond to cigarette ads, and 79 percent of teen smokers puff brands depicted by the Marlboro Man, Joe Camel and the …

• Scientists Tracking Down Manic-Depression Genes

  April 2, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Scientists who launched an all-points search for manic-depression genes say they’ve found five possible hideouts. Further work might reveal the genes themselves, a step toward finding better treatments for a …

• New Treatment

  March 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 Some cases of cystic fibrosis might be treatable with the breathtakingly simple weapon of antibiotics, a test-tube study suggests. Antibiotics are used now to treat lung infections that result from …

• Ibuprofen May Cut Risk Of Alzheimer’s 14-Year Study Of Elderly Says Risk Of Disease Drops Up To 60%

  March 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 Ibuprofen, the drug contained in such pain relievers as Advil, Motrin and Nuprin, may reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease by up to 60 percent, researchers reported Thursday. Aspirin …

• Vitamin E May Cut Risk Of Heart Disease By 75%

  March 26, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 For years, researchers have suspected that vitamin E might protect against serious heart disease, but they lacked proof - until now. A British study, reported on Monday in Orlando, Fla., …

• Study Shows Black Tea Could Lower Stroke Risk Flavonoid Intake Beneficial, But More Research Needed

  March 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Instead of tea and crumpets, try tea and apples - it could reduce your risk of stroke, a new European study suggests. Long-term consumption of black tea - the kind …

• New Crop? WSU Gets $70,000 To Study Marijuana Growing

  March 20, 1996 in City on Page B1 It may field quips about “higher” education, but Washington State University is getting $70,000 in taxpayer money to study growing marijuana for medical purposes. The money was contained in successful …

• Studies Link Height, Heart Disease Research: Shorter Men Have Greater Risk Of Heart Trouble

  March 16, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Is being short a liability in matters of the heart? For men - but not women - the answer emerging from doctors seems to be yes. Two new studies from …

• Bad Writing Is Linked To Alzheimer’s Nuns With Low Language Skills Have High Rate Of Disease

  February 21, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Sixty years ago when two young women studying to be nuns were about to take their final vows, they were required to write an autobiography. “Sister A” wrote: “I was …

• Finding A Vaccine For Aids A Matter Of ‘If, If, If’ Vaccine Is Years Away, Partly Because It’s Not A Priority For Activists, Companies

  February 15, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 On the heels of last week’s elating news that scientists finally had a handle on suppressing AIDS with new drugs comes this week’s sobering word: There is no hope for …

• Men’s Brains Wear Out Faster, Researcher Says

  February 12, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Men lose brain tissue three times faster than women as they age, with the sharpest decline in the part of the brain that governs mental flexibility and attention span, according …

• New Drug Mix Also Prevents Hiv Growth

  January 31, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 The fight against AIDS took another step forward Tuesday as scientists announced they had been unable to grow the human immunodeficiency virus from the blood cells of AIDS patients treated …

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