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New evidence suggesting that prune sauce may be beneficial to men with stomach cancer was presented at the recent meeting of the American Medical Society in Los Angeles. The study was conducted with men between the ages of 45 and 55 who had recently been diagnosed with various forms of stomach cancer. They were administered 180 milliliters of prune sauce daily for four weeks. Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center measured several aspects of the volunteers' health status before and after their meals. They found a significant reduction in cancer cells in 64 percent of the men. Another 22 percent had some reduction in cancer cells, 10 percent had no change, and only four percent had an increase.
Although the findings are promising, it is too early to generalize the finding as this is just a preliminary study and it will take some time to determine that eating prune sauce can actually fight cancer. The researchers will apply for a federal government grant that will allow them to continue the study with more subjects.
To: Virtual Magazine employees
From: Lauren Popko, General Affairs Director
Date: May 3
Subject: Computer security software update
We are contacting you today to make you aware that the Technology Security Division of our company will be running an upgrade of our firm’s computer security software on May 18 from 6 P.M. to roughly 9 P.M. This will involve total virus and spyware protection and a real-time upgrade of our current antivirus software.
While we admit that it may cause some inconvenience, this work is necessary to protect our computers from the risk of attacks. While the installation is going on, you are not allowed to use computers to access the Internet and please make the necessary arrangements and back up any important data, as this might delete files from your hard drive.
If you have any questions, please contact David Orr in the Technology Security Division. He can be reached at 5429-3290 or at extension 128. Please do not contact the General Affairs Division as it has nothing to do with any technical issues of the software update.
Regards,
Lauren Popko