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...There’s a little algae on the water, but we don’t think it’s enough to affect the race,” Hester said. “If we get a huge rain storm, that will likely affect the water quality. We’re keeping our fingers and toes crossed...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Brown Charles Gets Green Light | 7/20/2007 | See Source »

...incidence of cancer cases in women with fibroids is very rare, less than 1 in 1,000. According to Parker, patients should treat fibroids by communicating with their doctor and monitoring how the fibroids make them feel-whether they cause pain, bloating or heavy menstrual bleeding and whether they affect mood and energy levels. For patients who choose to remove fibroids, there are alternatives to hysterectomy: laparoscopic myomectomy eliminates fibroids through half-inch incisions made in the abdominal wall. In fibroid embolization, an interventional radiologist injects tiny polyvinyl alcohol particles, like miniature Stryofoam balls, into the uterine arteries to stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Hysterectomies Too Common? | 7/17/2007 | See Source »

...study's findings will have several implications in the everyday practice of medicine. "I think this can reassure a lot of patients that CTCA is a good test-and a safe test particularly for older patients," says Einstein. "On the other hand, for younger women, I think it may affect physicians' thinking in terms of the risk-benefit ratio of the test...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should You Have a CT Scan? | 7/17/2007 | See Source »

...time ahead of the September progress report due in Washington. And yesterday Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, the commander of U.S. forces in southern Iraq, echoed the fear when talking to reporters in the Green Zone. "We're concerned about some kind of Tet offensive that's going to affect the debate in Washington," Lynch said, harking back to the pivotal 1968 push by communist forces in Vietnam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fears of a Tet Offensive in Iraq | 7/16/2007 | See Source »

...Nevertheless, six pounds of choice Maine lobster and two weekends later, Putin delivered on a long-promised threat. Early Saturday morning, the Kremlin abruptly announced Putin's decree to halt Russia's participation in the CFE treaty due to "extraordinary circumstances ... which affect the security of the Russian Federation and require immediate measures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Putin Pulled Out of a Key Treaty | 7/14/2007 | See Source »

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