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...than previous research because the doctors started following participants before anyone knew who would become sick. (Other studies were so-called retrospective reports, which can lead investigators to jump to conclusions since they already know the outcome.) She and her colleagues are also trying to determine whether the experimental CT scans they used to find the tumors could help detect lung cancers in current and former smokers at a much earlier stage, thereby increasing the likelihood of successful treatment...
...piece of it every day of your life. It might be the place you call (although you don't know it) if your luggage is lost on a connecting flight, or the guys to whom your company has outsourced its data processing. Every night, young radiologists in Bangalore read CT scans e-mailed to them by emergency-room doctors in the U.S. Few modern Americans are surprised to find that their dentist or lawyer is of Indian origin, or are shocked to hear how vital Indians have been to California's high-tech industry. In ways big and small, Indians...
...unacknowledged constructor, Shortz later determined, was Howard Garns, a retired architect from Indianapolis) ran once in a while in the Dell magazines, as well in the much slicker, savvier Games magazine, of which Shortz was an editor. The puzzle also ran in the magazines of Penny Press, a Norwalk, Ct., outfit that had the smarts to hire as editors some of the bright young folks from Games. The Penny Press magazines contained a more attractive mix of posers, and I found myself spending much more time with each issue of, say, Variety Puzzles, than with Pencil Puzzles & Word Games. (Apparently...
...says, "to work for the two greatest news organizations in the country: the New York Times and National Public Radio.") He occasionally contributes puzzles to Games. And since he was 25 (he's now 53), he has run an annual crossword puzzle tournament at the Marriott in Stamford, Ct. He founded it in 1978, mostly out of an urge - a strange one, considering the solitude in which crosswords are constructed and solved - to meet other puzzle people. At the first tournament, the guest of honor was Margaret Farrar. And in 2005 filmmaker Patrick Creadon brought a crew there to record...
...Statistically speaking, I probably won't diagnose any more brain tumors in my career, but I'll probably see several more caffeine overloaded patients. The bulk of my headache patients will continue to be diagnosed by taking careful histories and without CT scans. But I often wonder if I will be able to figure out the next time a zebra comes galloping through my office doors masquerading as a horse...