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Hyperthermia Plus Chemotherapy Improves Outlook For Sarcoma Patients
Hyperthermia, combined with chemotherapy, improves the chances of healing and survival of patients with low-lying, soft tissue sarcomas. At the Annual General Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago, GSF scientist Professor Dr. Rolf D. Issels presented the results of the first, randomized worldwide phase III study in which the effectiveness and superiority of the combined-therapy methods are proven, in comparison with results from chemotherapy alone. NASA Gives Go For Space Shuttle Return To Flight
NASA has cleared the Space Shuttle to Return to Flight. After a two-day Flight Readiness Review meeting at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, senior managers approved a July 13 launch date for Discovery. Utah Dinosaur Bones Reveal Missing Link In Evolution Of Diet
Scientists have discovered a mass graveyard of bird-like feathered dinosaurs in Utah. The previously unknown species provides clues about how vicious meat-eaters related to Velociraptor ultimately evolved into plant-munching vegetarians. Voices From the Wall: Personal Stories About the Fall of the Berlin Wa
This site from 2006 celebrates the 16th anniversary of the reunification of Germany (October 3, 1990) and how the Berlin Wall came down starting on November 9, 1989. Features a timeline with video clips about the Berlin Wall, personal accounts, and material about how the wall has been "dismantled, destroyed, and commemorated."Includes links to related sites. From the German Embassy, Washington, D.C. [Gross] Human corpse to decompose on TV
Channel 4 is seeking a terminally ill volunteer to donate their body after death so it can be filmed as it decomposes. Psychiatrists Are The Least Religious Of All Physicians
A survey of the religious beliefs and practices of American physicians has found that the least religious of all medical specialties is psychiatry. Among psychiatrists who have a religion, more than twice as many are Jewish and far fewer are Protestant or Catholic. The study also found that religious physicians, especially Protestants, are less likely to refer patients to psychiatrists, and more likely to send them to members of the clergy or religious counselors. Computers: Poor Placement Does Not Compute In Medical Exam Rooms
Placement of the computer in the exam room is critical to the communication between doctor and patient according to an Indiana University School of Medicine and Regenstrief Institute, Inc., study. Online Gallery: Sacred Texts: Picturing the Prophet
"This is an unusual example of the Prophet Muhammad pictured in an Islamic manuscript. It comes from a royal miniature made to illustrate a copy of the poems of the celebrated Persian Nizami, and depicts the Prophet's ascension to heaven on the horse Buraq."See a zoomable image of this illustration, which was created in the 16th century, and brief background material about the illustration. From the British Library. Birth Weight And Breastfeeding In Infancy May Affect Premenopausal Bre
Premenopausal women who were heavier than average at birth or had not been breastfed as infants appear to be at increased risk for developing breast cancer, epidemiologists at the University at Buffalo's School of Public health and Health Professions have found. [Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying...
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