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Johns Hopkins scientists have found a way to screen for hard-to-detect endometrial and ovarian cancers in women using a routine Pap smear, a discovery they hope eventually could reduce the number of deaths caused by the deadly malignancies. The researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center hope the Pap smear, a procedure in which cells are scraped from the cervix and examined under a microscope, can catch the two cancers in early stages and allow for earlier treatment. The Pap test has dramatically improved detection of cervical cancer over the years, curbing deaths by 75 percent among those who are screened.

Toy CaldwellMarshall Tucker BandSPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Toy T. Caldwell Jr., former lead guitar player and singer for the Marshall Tucker Band, died yesterday, and the cause was under investigation, a coroner said.Mr. Caldwell's body was found by his wife, Abbie Good Caldwell, at their home in Moore, about 80 miles northwest of Columbia, said Bill Doble, vice president of music for Cabin Fever Entertainment, for whom Mr. Caldwell recorded. Mr. Doble said Mr. Caldwell, 45, had been ill with influenza and bronchitis.

A former colleague once introduced University of Maryland mathematician James A. Yorke as "the man who brought chaos to mathematics." It wasn't a criticism. Yesterday it was announced that Yorke will share the 2003 Japan Prize in science and technology for his pioneering work in the relatively young mathematical field of "chaos" theory. His theoretical research, and that of his multidisciplinary Chaos Group at Maryland's Institute for Physical Science and Technology, is now being used to illuminate complex real-world problems as diverse as infectious disease transmission, weather forecasting and population changes in biological systems.

"Did you ever notice Mike when he came off the mound after a good inning?" asks Alex Flanagan, widow of the Orioles Hall-of-Famer who committed suicide a year ago. "He always had his head down. " That provokes a vivid memory of No. 46, the smart pitcher who studied all and fooled many of the 11,684 batters he faced over 18 major league seasons. He was the long-haired lefty with a mustache who won the American League Cy Young Award in the Orioles' 1979 World Series season. He was all business on the mound, and Alex is correct about Mike's demeanor during his walk to the dugout after most of his 2,770 innings: head down, serious, pondering what he had just done well or not so well.

* Tatiana Troyanos, 54, an American mezzo-soprano whose dark, passionate voice soared across the world's opera and recital stages, died of cancer Saturday in New York.

$TC Jack Dunphy, 77, a novelist and playwright who was author Truman Capote's companion for 35 years, died of cancer Sunday in New York.

Carol Botwin,68, a best-selling author, advice columnist and sexologist, died of cancer Tuesday in New York.Pub Date: 4/17/97@

Many people have heard of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg or Google co-founder Sergey Brin. But few know about Bert Vogelstein, a Johns Hopkins scientist who helped map the cancer genome and created gene and stool tests to detect colon cancer. A new, international award, similar to the Nobel Prize, but with a bigger payout of $3 million, aims to change that. On Wednesday, Zuckerberg and Brin joined Russian entrepreneur and venture capitalist Yuri Milner and Anne Wojcicki, founder of genetic testing company 23andMe, to launch the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.

Former Rep. John E. Moss, 82, a California Democrat who wrote the 1966 federal Freedom of Information Act, died Friday of complications from pneumonia in San Francisco. He was an advocate of consumer rights and environmental laws during his 26-year tenure representing the Sacramento area.Julius Barnathan, 70, an ABC executive who pioneered the use of hand-held and miniature television cameras at sporting events and close-captioned programs for the hearing-impaired, died Monday of lung cancer in New York.

William K. Everson,67, a film historian and collector who saved hundreds of American movies from destruction, died Sunday of prostate cancer in New York.He taught cinema studies at New York University and film history at the School of Visual Arts. He also was the author of 16 books on the cinema.Mr. Everson, who organized film retrospectives worldwide, stored and screened thousands of film titles in his Manhattan apartment. He was a member of the National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress, and The Encyclopedia of Film credits him with saving hundreds of films considered useless by the studios.