Last Week in the World of News

by Gavin Mirigliani assistant

perspectives editor

0 3/13

Longevity or suffering?

Dr. Joel Potash had performed one of his monthly visits on a patient who had cancer that was spreading throughout his body. After his check-up, his patient turned to him and asked Potash to aid him in his suicide. Potash made his feelings known to his colleagues and believes terminally ill patients should have the right to take their own lives and not suffer.

0 3/15

President Clinton injures knee.

President Bill Clinton was v1s1trng friends when he slipped on the stairs and tore a tendon in his knee. He now faces surgery. Clinton was rushed to National :-.raval Medical Center where was made aware of his condition. Clinton will be immobilized and may have to cancel a meet- ing with Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin about the expansion of the NATO Alliance. He has been able to fulfill his duties from his hospital bed even after he underwent surgery.

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Ridicule turns to cures.

Navy officer Judah Folkman accidentally found a cure for cancer a mere 35 ago.

Folkman was working on creating a new blood substitute for the Navy when he made his discovery.

It has taken 35 years for the cancer society to accept his findings and use them to benefit patients.

The newest drug that has spawned from his work, endostatin, has been tested. It still will take a decade or longer until this drug is available to the public. This drug will be given to patients who have not been able to respond to treatments.

0 3/16 Leave it to the system.

The murder trial of Kimberly