61.   The U.S. study showed that patients on Myotrophin lived, on average, three months longer than patients on placebo.

62.   There is no medical treatment to cure or halt its slow, steady progression, but patients often live for years.

63.   These geriatric patients live at the Los Angeles Zoo, where they are setting longevity records thanks to scientific advances and better living conditions in captivity.

64.   These trials generally look at whether tumors are shrinking, something that can be determined much faster than whether patients are living longer.

65.   Treatment, vastly improved in recent years, means many patients can live for years with relative control of their symptoms.

66.   Under current therapies, the average patient lives six to seven years after diagnosis.

67.   When protease inhibitors are added to the mix, researchers say, the more AIDS patients likely will live longer.

68.   While the patients were living in temporary quarters in Ingushetia, news of the impending separation arrived.

69.   With currently available drugs, the average patient lives six to seven years after diagnosis.

70.   An Italian patient lived with an artificial heart for four years.