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His show business clientele included rock musician Alice Cooper and actors Richard Harris and Rod Steiger.

He was best known, however, for his treatment of Wilson, the troubled founding member of the iconic California surf band.

Wilson's wife hired Landy in 1975 at a time when the musician rarely got out of bed, showered or talked to anyone.

Landy took control of Wilson's life, constantly monitoring him to keep him away from drugs and junk food.

Under Landy's care, Wilson's physical and mental health improved enough that he performed at the Beach Boys' 15th anniversary concert on New Year's Eve 1976.

Despite his success, Landy was fired around that time by the band's manager, largely over a fee dispute.

Six years later, after Wilson had regressed to drugs and obesity, Landy was rehired.

The psychologist said he was paid $35,000 a month for conducting 24-hour therapy from 1983 to 1986.

The California Board of Medical Quality Assurance, however, began investigating Landy in 1988 after he entered a business and creative partnership with Wilson in which they shared profits from such ventures as recordings, films, soundtracks and books.

The board accused Landy of "grossly negligent conduct," alleging that his business dealings with Wilson had caused the singer "severe emotional damage, psychological dependenc...

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17 at Sawgrass The PGA Tour's answer to the agony-of-defeat guy crashing on the ski slope is Bob Tway playing the island hole at the TPC at Sawgrass.

As Ames headed toward the 17th tee with a six-stroke lead in the final round of The Players Championship, NBC analyst Johnny Miller cracked, "Well, you don't want Bob Tway caddying for you." Tway hit four balls in the water in the third round last year on the way to taking a tournament-record 12 at No.

17.

In two more go-rounds at No.

17 last week, Tway made two double bogeys.

Tway is 32 over par in 64 adventures at No.

17.

It's no wonder that The Players sets up a special No.

17 camera.

Is there a more compelling hole to watch during the PGA Tour season?

"It's kind of our signature hole for the event, and because of that, I love it," Phil Mickelson said.

"I think it's great.

I think it's unique, it's different, it's special." Mickelson, mind you, is 11 over the past six times he has played No.

17.

"It's a great challenge and always makes for an exciting finish, and you never give up because you always have the possibility of that 17th hole giving you a two- or four-shot swing," Mickelson said.

"With that being said, it's the one hole that I've ever seen where there's no bailout.

Usually one side of the hole is trouble and the other side is playable.

And...

Both chemotherapy and chronotherapy use the same powerful and poisonous drugs to kill cancer cells, a process that inevitably damages the healthy cells.

But chemotherapy usually is done in a medical setting, according to a hospital's schedule and needs.

The promise of drug chronotherapy, which uses the same drugs but at different times, lies in its individual and precisely timed approach.

Ideally, the chemo drugs reach the cancerous cells at the optimal moment for destruction: as they are dividing.

And it hits the healthy cells when they are resting, which causes less damage.

"It allows for larger doses to be delivered more frequently, with higher efficacy and lower toxicity," said pioneering chronobiologist William Hrushesky, a senior clinical investigator at the Dorn VA Medical Center in South Carolina.

Chronotherapy began in Hrushesky's lab, which originally was at the University of Minnesota.

"It's kinder, gentler and, at the same time, more aggressive and effective," Hrushesky said.

In addition, because patients aren't necessarily receiving treatment at a hospital and saddled with cumbersome equipment, chronotherapy allows for some semblance of a normal life during treatment, and that's an emotional boost that helps healing.

Equipped with a sporty fanny pack and a programmable, portable pump, chrono patients ...