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...nation is falling behind in detection and treatment rates, has now included the equivalent of up to $20,000 for breast-cancer treatment per individual in the national health-insurance plan. The U.S. State Department is working with the government and business community of the United Arab Emirates to expand breast-cancer awareness and treatment in the Middle East. Jordan's King Hussein Cancer Center is becoming a hub for treatment throughout the Arab world. The Komen group, founded in Texas 25 years ago, has now expanded worldwide, with more than 125 international affiliates, and has invested $1 billion...
Nevertheless, Japan is eager to expand its whaling industry. Coastal hunting of smaller cetaceans such as dolphins and pilot whales is not regulated by the International Whaling Commission. And Tokyo has repeatedly lobbied the global organization to allow it to resume coastal hunting of bigger species like minke whale. These still make their way onto Japanese dinner plates thanks to an exemption in an international whaling moratorium, passed in 1986, that allows larger species to be killed in the name of research...
...among children raised without a male parent present. Research on the unique skills men bring to parenting is sparse but intriguing. Eleanor Maccoby of Stanford University has found that fathers are less likely than mothers to modify their language when speaking to their children, thus challenging their kids to expand vocabulary and cognitive skills. Fathers also tend to enforce rules more strictly and systematically in reaction to children's wrongdoing, according to educational psychologist Carol Gilligan. "Having a father isn't magic," says Armin Brott, author of seven books about fatherhood, "but it really does make a difference...
...stop with running shoes? In early October the company will release the Nike Amp Plus, a wristband that serves as a remote control for your nano. And Nike may expand the Plus concepts--measuring performance and building interactive websites around the data--to other sports. So the Nike Plus team might have many laps to go. But it's surely sprinted out of the blocks...
...President has vetoed a bipartisan measure to expand health insurance for low-income children. Most of his expressed objections to the bill have been vigorously refuted by Republican Senators who helped craft the legislation. Members of his own party have vowed to lobby their colleagues in an effort to override the veto. During his first presidential campaign, Bush chided conservative House Republicans for spending cuts accomplished on the backs of the poor. Now congressional Republicans are chiding...