Commentary: George W. Comstock and Noninvasive Imaging, 1950s-Style

The ongoing legacy--the George W. Comstock Center for Public Health Research and Prevention.

Benign breast disease (BBD) is a risk factor for breast cancer and may have a heritable component. Deficient DNA repair has been implicated in breast cancer etiology and may exert its effect before BBD, a known precursor. The association between allelic variants in DNA repair genes and BBD was examined in a cohort of women in Washington County, Maryland. BBD was defined by two criteria: (a) a p...

Commentary Noninvasive Imaging of Anticancer Therapy

The paper by Blasberg (1) in this issue represents the first of a series of manuscripts that represent the breadth of functional and molecular imaging approaches to interrogate cancers with nondestructive and noninvasive imaging methods. This body of work illustrates the culmination of effort over the past 2 decades that is revolutionizing the practice of diagnostic radiology, changing it from ...

The Presidency of George W . Bush

Following the tragic events of 9/11, when al Qaeda terrorists crashed three airplanes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Americans turned their frightened eyes toward George W. Bush to see just what kind of president he would be. Most people weren't sure what they would find. The new president was still hard to define. His campaign in 2000 had sent mixed signals on a variety of issue...

1901 Arizona Comstock Law

In 1901, the Arizona Territorial Legislature codified territorial law that illegalized advertising, causing, or performing abortions anywhere in Arizona. The 1901 code, in conjunction with the federal Comstock Act, regulated the advertisement and accessibility of abortion [3] services and contraceptives in Arizona. The Federal Comstock Act of 1873 [4] had illegalized the distribution of materia...

The 2007 George W. Beadle Medal. Robert K. Herman.