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Cancer Cure Is Elusive, but Therapies Hold Hope
With no magic bullet in sight, scientists are working to control the disease, probing its genetic basis. The latest good news -- cancer deaths are...
Insight on the News, 08/16/99 by Ruth Larson · More from publication -
Is Fluoride Corrupting `Precious Bodily Fluids'?
Maybe the mad general in Dr. Strangelove was right: Could fluoride be corrupting our `precious bodily fluids'? One Canadian dentist is sounding the...
Insight on the News, 08/02/99 by Ruth Larson · More from publication -
The music of Mozart as therapy for the soul.(Books)(Health)
Poet Theodore Roethke once wrote, "In a dark time, the eye begins to see." Put another way, "Sometimes we have to literally fall apart into...
Washington Times, The, 08/01/99 by Larson, Ruth · More from publication -
Most Americans Dread Long Life
Growing old sure beats the alternative. Yet a new survey finds most Americans don't share that view, with just one in four hoping to reach age 100....
Insight on the News, 07/26/99 by Ruth Larson · More from publication -
Space Car Prototype Prepares to Take Off
An entrepreneurial engineer is set to test his plane-auto hybrid, a `Skycar' he predicts will fly within the next decade. The vehicle would be...
Insight on the News, 07/26/99 by Ruth Larson · More from publication -
After Apollo, space program loses magic: Unmanned flights fail to captivate public.(A)
The U.S.-Soviet race to the moon ended when Apollo 11 landed on the Sea of Tranquility's magnificent desolation. Thirty years later, what has...
Washington Times, The, 07/19/99 by Larson, Ruth · More from publication -
Hope for cancer cure fades: With no solution in sight, researchers work on controlling disease's effects.(Special Report)
Dr. Judah Folkman had no idea he was about to become a media megastar. The reclusive Harvard cancer researcher had toiled in relative...
Washington Times, The, 07/11/99 by Larson, Ruth · More from publication -
`Solar winds' puzzle solved: Scientists cite sun's magnetic waves.(Nation)
Scientists have solved the 37-year-old mystery of why the sun's "solar wind" travels at 2 million miles an hour, twice the predicted speed....
Washington Times, The, 07/09/99 by Larson, Ruth · More from publication -
Vaccine may impede Lyme disease.(Nation)
This summer's stifling heat and humidity brings with it another risk: Lyme disease. Ticks carrying Lyme disease have been reported in 48...
Washington Times, The, 07/08/99 by Larson, Ruth · More from publication -
Universe's Age: 12 Billion Years
Astronomers using the Hubble space telescope say the universe is about 12 billion years old, far younger than some earlier estimates that placed...
Insight on the News, 07/05/99 by Ruth Larson · More from publication
