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There may be another meeting or two, then Wilford hits the showers and makes a mad dash to catch the last lemon-grilled chicken breast at dinner by 7:15. If the entire team is held up, Harvard Dining Services keeps Annenberg Hall open until about...
...course, a woman's wealth does not in and of itself increase her risk of developing breast cancer. But what about the lifestyle that money brings? That's the question researchers asked themselves in deciding to examine the middle-to-high-income Boston suburb of Newton, Mass., where the living is relatively easy - and the incidence of breast cancer is 13 percent higher than the statewide average. Comparing Newton's wealthy and less-well-off areas, the Massachusetts-based Silent Spring Institute found higher rates of breast cancer in Newton's tonier neighborhoods. The researchers, taking into account known risk...
Sixty-five percent of families living in areas with a high incidence of breast cancer hired people to maintain their lawns, versus only 36 percent in the lower-risk areas. Dry cleaning services were used at least once a month by 45 percent of families in the high-risk areas, as opposed to 32 percent in the lower-risk neighborhoods...
...wealth, but perhaps the amenities it permits that increase a woman's risk of breast cancer? Maybe, and maybe not. Wealthier women also conduct breast self-exams and have mammographies more often than the average population, resulting in a higher level of detection. As with all research of this type, it would be a mistake to jump to conclusions until a firm connection can be made. And though persistent, if vague, concerns over cancer and environmental toxins have plagued the chemical industry for many years, the authors of this study are careful not to declare a definitive link. Meanwhile, though...
Should that speck of elephant dung be moved up or down on the Holy Mother's breast? To the left or right of that pornographic snippet in the background? These are the kind of questions New Yorkers got to ask starting Oct. 2, when the Brooklyn Museum of Art opened the exhibit "Sensation" to the public...