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Anyone who really believes in claims as ludicrous as these, some might say, deserve to be fooled. But the FDA points out that in the case of a public-health emergency like H1N1, we all have an interest in making sure that quack products are exposed, lest they allow the virus to spread more easily. "That's why the FDA has put out an aggressive strategy," says Saben. "These products pose a significant threat to public health." The products might be fake - but the H1N1 virus is very real...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Psst! Want a Cure for H1N1? Swine Flu Scams | 6/26/2009 | See Source »

...really. The doubling of finalists for the most prized Oscar will have no impact on the quality of films. But it should allow a wider variety of movies in a category that has, over the past decade or so, been hijacked by "worthy," mostly unpopular films that don't come close to representing the technical and storytelling savvy that modern Hollywood artisans are so very good at. In other words, an action film like The Dark Knight. In other words, a Pixar feature like WALL-E. If today's announcement did anything concrete, it certified a Big Picture nomination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Oscars Need 10 Nominees | 6/25/2009 | See Source »

BOLD would allow doctors to study patients electing to have surgery from the outset, giving researchers the opportunity to measure and analyze any factors that could affect health at all points before and after bariatric procedures. "The database collection is powered to address both the short- and long-term issues related to bariatric surgery, including things such as weight loss, improvement in health parameters like diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea and cholesterol problems," says DeMaria. With the ranks of overweight and obese people growing each year, that would certainly be welcome information for anyone contemplating surgery as part of a weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weight-Loss Surgery: Safe, but Does It Work? | 6/25/2009 | See Source »

...years, anyone wishing to develop Kodachrome film had to send it to a Kodak laboratory, which controlled all processing. In 1954, the Department of Justice declared Kodachrome-processing a monopoly, and the company agreed to allow other finishing plants to develop the film; the price of a roll of film - which previously had the processing cost added into it - fell roughly 43%. (Read about Kodak's antitrust case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kodachrome | 6/23/2009 | See Source »

...mail, Hausammann said that the University would institute a 30-day external hiring freeze for staff jobs in order to allow internal candidates to fill job openings, and Jaeger noted that dozens of jobs are currently posted on the employee intranet. He also said that many more jobs would be posted in the coming days and weeks since various schools had previously withheld job postings in order to deny external applicants...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Announces Impending Layoffs | 6/23/2009 | See Source »

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