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...cause autism. Included in the review were studies that showed no significant difference in the incidence of autism disorders before and after MMR immunization became routine in 1988 in Britain. "We bent over backward to look for the biological mechanisms that would support a link," says the panel's chairwoman, Dr. Marie McCormick of the Harvard School of Public Health...
DIED. ESTHER AFUA OCLOO, 83, Ghanaian entrepreneur who tirelessly promoted women's economic development; in Accra. As the first chairwoman of Women's World Banking, which she helped found in 1979, Ocloo pioneered the practice of microlending, or financing tiny businesses with successive loans as small...
Cool & Crazy has already mightily impressed the Swedes, who can be dismissive about anything Norwegian. "There is a lot of humor and a lot of love in the movie," says Monika Tunbäck-Hanson, chairwoman of the Gothenberg Film Festival jury that named Cool & Crazy last year's best Nordic film. "For city people," she adds, "it's an eye-opener to see humble people expressing their deepest thoughts so fluently. And in such a landscape...
...seven weeks. But it has become increasingly clear, particularly with smaller tumors, that if the cancer recurs, it usually does so in the original spot from which the tumor had been removed. By focusing radiation more precisely on the place where the original tumor occurred, says Dr. Silvia Formenti, chairwoman of radiation oncology at New York University School of Medicine, "we think we can make radiation better and easier for the patient...
...kind of business, selling not just energy but exotic financial instruments such as energy futures and options. The company moved the heart of its operations from the oil patch to the trading floor--largely free of regulatory baggage, thanks to allies such as Wendy Gramm. In 1993, as chairwoman of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, Gramm helped design rules that exempted energy trades from government regulation. That meant Enron could operate an online energy market that, unlike traditional stock and commodity exchanges, did not have to disclose the price, volume or terms of the contracts it sold. Gramm left government...