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When Ariel Sharon suffered his first stroke in December, he did what many national leaders who suddenly become ill rarely do. Mr. Sharon, the prime minister of Israel, told his doctors at the Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem to inform the public about his medical problems, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, the Hadassah Medical Organization's director-general, said in interviews in the United States last week. Critics contend that Mr. Sharon's doctors erred in some of their decisions, including the heparin. But, Dr. Mor-Yosef said, the hospital has conducted internal reviews of Mr. Sharon's treatment at different stages. Hadassah doctors discussed the case by telephone and e-mail with specialists in Israel and elsewhere, he said. An expert in coma, Dr. Jerome B. Posner of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center flew from Manhattan to examine Mr. Sharon. The morning after Mr. Sharon's second stroke, Dr. Mor-Yosef's wife, Dina, and government officials called him because of rumors that the prime minister was dead. Dr. Mor-Yosef swiftly told reporters that Mr. Sharon was alive and in an intensive care unit, and he promised to report quickly any changes in his medical condition

Less than 100 mg/dL -- optimal; 100 to 129 mg/dL -- near optimal; 130 to 159 mg/dL -- borderline high; 160 to 189 mg/dL -- high; 190 mg/dL and above -- very high. Many practicing cardiologists and lipid experts say these target numbers are far too high, and shoot for LDL cholesterols of 70 or 80 even in patients who lack known heart disease. I suggested a high-speed CT scan of the chest for calcium scoring, evidence of calcified coronary plaques. I would also order an ultrasound of her carotid arteries (in the neck), which would provide easy evidence of the kind of plaques that correlate with plaques in the coronary arteries of the heart

The researchers, who reported their finding at a meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in San Francisco, do not know whether the virus causes prostate cancer, infection or any other ailment in humans. The virus, called XMRV, could prove to be harmless. The XMRV virus is closely related to a group of retroviruses found in mice and known as xenotropic murine leukemia virus. (Xenotropic means the virus crossed species.) Though such viruses can cause disease in animals other than mice, there has been no documented human infection until the new report. The XMRV virus acts differently from viruses known to cause cancers, [Don Ganem] said. In known links, the virus is in the cancer cell, not in the stroma, and every cell in the tumor is infected

The researchers, who reported their finding at a meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in San Francisco, do not know whether the virus causes prostate cancer, infection or any other ailment in humans. The virus, called XMRV, could prove to be harmless. The XMRV virus is closely related to a group of retroviruses found in mice and known as xenotropic murine leukemia virus. (Xenotropic means the virus crossed species.) Though such viruses can cause disease in animals other than mice, there has been no documented human infection until the new report. The XMRV virus acts differently from viruses known to cause cancers, Dr. [Don Ganem] said. In known links, the virus is in the cancer cell, not in the stroma, and every cell in the tumor is infected

The XMRV virus is closely related to a group of retroviruses found in mice and known as xenotropic murine leukemia virus. (Xenotropic means the virus crossed species.) Though such viruses can cause disease in animals other than mice, there has been no documented human infection until the new report

The researchers, who reported their finding at a meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in San Francisco, do not know whether the virus causes prostate cancer, infection or any other ailment in humans. The virus, called XMRV, could prove to be harmless. Still, finding a virus in a rare form of prostate cancer intrigues scientists because of growing suspicions that prostate cancer might result from chronic inflammation caused by bacteria or a virus. The XMRV virus is closely related to a group of retroviruses found in mice and known as xenotropic murine leukemia virus. (Xenotropic means the virus crossed species.) Though such viruses can cause disease in animals other than mice, there has been no documented human infection until the new report