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...time for the E.U. and the Kyoto systems to recognize the need for repeal of their restrictive rules. It is also time for the U.S. Congress to adopt legislation for a broadly based national carbon-trading market with a minimum of regulatory and political interference. The time for breast-beating and fantasizing is over; it is time to allow the private sector and the financial markets to get on with the job of dealing with climate change...
...bible for young epidemiologists.” Colleagues credited MacMahon with moving the focus of the Department of Epidemiology away from infectious diseases and toward chronic illnesses, such as cancer and diabetes. Much of MacMahon’s own research focused on the causes of breast cancer. During his tenure, he received accolades from the American Cancer Society and the American Public Health Association for his work in the field. Friends and colleagues remembered MacMahon yesterday not only for his contributions to epidemiology, but also for his gentle spirit and character. Ware said he looked up to MacMahon...
...Rwanda, “There was only one American, and the rest were locals that we trained,” Farmer said. Saving lives depends on more than medicine, he said. In Rwanda, casserole pots, water jugs, and kerosene stoves were the keys to ensuring that mothers would not breast-feed their children—and thus heighten their children’s risk of contracting AIDS. By providing mothers with these items so they could boil water for baby formula, Farmer said, 104 out of 105 children avoided contracting the infection. Making this kind of success a reality required...
LABOR LINK Studies have shown that people who work through the wee hours may have a greater risk of developing prostate and breast cancer. Scientists think the culprit could be a lack of melatonin, a tumor-suppressing hormone that is normally produced at night...
...wasn't that long ago that U.S. citizens held views similar to those of today's Muslims. Fifty years ago, most Americans considered public breast-feeding indecent, the comedy of Lenny Bruce criminal, George Carlin's "Seven Dirty Words" punishable and Henry Miller's now classic Tropic of Cancer obscene. Likewise, prior to the 1960s most people openly prayed. In my travels to Muslim countries, I found the younger generation to be just as hip as most of our teenagers. Once they come to power in 30 years, their idea of what's indecent will be closer to ours. Jeffrey...