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Monday 7 December 2015
Jimmy Carter says latest brain scan shows no cancer
Former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday School class body seek out cancer cells places were still there but
at Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown, in Plains, Ga. in his body. they were responding to
Former President Carter said Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, that no Carter said the scan the treatment. And when I
cancer was detected in his latest scan. showed no signs of the went this week, they didn’t
original cancer “spots” or find any cancer at all.”
(AP Photo/David Goldman) any new ones. Carter smiled slightly as
Carter, 91, announced in people in the congrega-
August that he had been tion respond with “ah’s”
diagnosed with mela- and applause.
noma that spread to his “So a lot of people prayed
brain. Doctors removed for me, and I appreciate
a portion of his liver and that,” Carter said.
found four small tumors on Jill Stuckey, a church
his brain. member who helps orga-
The former president ap- nize Carter’s lessons, said
parently shared the good that “our prayers have
news on Sunday with those been answered. I can’t
filling the congregation of think of a better Christmas
Maranatha Baptist Church present.” Carter has re-
for one of his regular Sun- mained active, volunteer-
day school lessons. ing on a building project
“I went to the doctors this with Habitat for Humanity
week for the second time,” and continuing to work at
Carter said in a video The Carter Center, the hu-
posted on Twitter by NBC. man rights organization he
“The first time I went for an founded after leaving the
MRI of my brain, the four White House.q
KATHLEEN FOODY The former president said
Associated Press in a statement Sunday
ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy that he will continue to re-
Carter says his most recent ceive doses of Keytruda, a
brain scan showed no recently approved auto-
signs of cancer. immune drug to help his
States taking a closer look at
regulatory boards after ruling
ANDREW HUGGINS the proposed action raises
AP Legal Affairs Writer serious antitrust concerns,
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — the proposed regula-
States are taking a closer tory action should not be
look at boards and com- taken,” Megan Fitzmartin,
missions regulating every- Kasich’s director of boards
thing from dentists to dieti- and commissions, wrote in
tians after the U.S. Supreme an Oct. 29 memo.
Court said some panels Not nearly as visible as
could be violating antitrust state agencies, boards
laws. The concern is that play a big role in consum-
boards made up of prac- ers’ lives, regulating doz-
ticing professionals could ens of professions such as
be trying to put competi- cosmetology, engineering,
tors out of business through medicine, dentistry, optical
cease-and-desist letters dispensing and many oth-
and other actions. ers. Boards are typically a
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin mix of professionals in the
ordered boards in July to field they regulate — nurs-
begin submitting proposals es, chiropractors or funeral
to crack down on poten- home directors, for exam-
tial licensing violators to the ple — along with public
state Attorney General for members not associated
review. California Attorney with that profession.
General Kamala Harris said The U.S. Supreme Court
in September the com- ruled in February that the
position of boards might North Carolina State Board
have to be changed. And of Dental Examiners, a pan-
in October, the office of el made up mostly of den-
Ohio Gov. John Kasich told tists, violated federal law
boards to take any ques- against unfair competition
tions about regulatory ac- when it tried to prevent
tion to their lawyers. lower-cost competitors in
“If advised by your as- other fields from offering
signed legal counsel that teeth-whitening services.q
