Angry residents have left. Robert Randall, who won a historic court case in 1976 that gave him access to federal supplies of marijuana to treat his glaucoma, has died. He was 53. Cancer incidence and death rates dropped steadily in the United States in the 1990s, but new cases of breast cancer increased, according to a report released Tuesday. Food and Drug Administration officials are worried that the growing popularity of full-body scans for early health screening may be exposing thousands of Americans to unnecessary and potentially dangerous radiation.
Few doctors recognize the incurable syndrome.
The federal government is planning for the first time to issue detailed ratings of the quality of care provided by nursing homes, Medicare health plans, dialysis centers and eventually hospitals and doctors, a senior Bush administration official announced Monday. Woman's death after ride at Magic Mountain underscores a possible health link.