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...belief that there are too many people involved in the futures market. In fact, the opposite is true. The participants are so few that a couple of major players can, if they choose, garner absolute control, cornering the market and creating a price bubble for their own benefit. (Read "Oil Shocks: Biden, Iran and Fears of Another Price Jump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why There Should Be More Oil Speculation, Not Less | 7/10/2009 | See Source »

...have serious side effects. Because it is an immunosuppressant, it can make users susceptible to opportunistic infections. It has also been linked to hyperlipidemia, or high levels of triglycerides in the blood, which can lead to heart disease. It's unclear whether these problems would counteract any longevity benefit that rapamycin might provide in humans. Says Strong, "I think more immediately, people are starting to look at [rapamycin] for age-related diseases like Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease or kidney disease." The drug has also recently entered clinical trials as a human cancer treatment, while another study published last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Does Life-Extending Drug Mean for Humans? | 7/9/2009 | See Source »

...ancestors and the ethnic, religious, and gender discrimination suffered by his Italian family members. Why do we find it so difficult to accept that a judge, who is also a Latina, when she exercises her own particular wisdom, may reach a more informed conclusion than another judge without the benefit of her experiences when those experiences are relevant and helpful to understanding the facts of a particular case? This factual assessment does not mean that she will fail to uphold the rule of law or has a race-driven agenda or believes in ethnic superiority. In the end (and, perhaps...

Author: By Maritza I. Reyes | Title: Latina Experience and Wisdom Welcomed | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

...would be eligible for government subsidies to help them purchase coverage. But if the antiabortion legislators get their way, those subsidies would have a big string attached; they could not be used to purchase a policy that has abortion coverage. For many women, that would mean giving up a benefit they now have under their private insurance policies. And it would raise all sorts of other questions if insurers were allowed to discriminate among their customers based on whether or not they are using federal dollars to pay for their policies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trouble With Abortion and Healthcare Reform | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

...asking scientists working with these lines to submit as much documentation as possible to demonstrate that the embryos were donated voluntarily, without coercion and without any monetary benefit to the donors. This material will be reviewed by a select group of scientists, ethicists and community members that will be convened over the next few months as part of a working group of the advisory committee to the director...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Rules Expand Federal Funding of Stem Cells | 7/7/2009 | See Source »

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