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...times higher resolutionthan high-frequency ultrasound. Another advantageis that it's fiber opticbased and can be insertedinto tiny catheters or endoscopes that can bemaneuvered to virtually any place in the body.It's minimally invasive," Brezinski said...

Author: By Matthew G.H. Chun, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HMS Prof. Brezinski Awarded $500K Prize | 3/3/1999 | See Source »

...days ago there was one Internet. Now there are two. Yesterday morning a consortium of more than a hundred corporations and research universities threw the switch on the Abilene Project, a network of 10,000 miles of fiber optic cable that will serve as the prototype for the high-performance, no-waiting Internet of the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building the Next Internet | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

...yarn. Yet another token effort to lightly evaluate the competitive arenas of cutthroat youth culture, a la Varsity Blues. Yet another excuse for beautiful Clearasil poster children to cavort in trendy togs and perform breathtaking cell phone stunts. It screams designer soundtrack and even more designer reality, every honest fiber of your being wants to oppose it. In your snider moments, you deprecate that you could write this screenplay your-self. Let's be honest about it: Robert Iscove's debut film feature breaks no new ground...

Author: By Phua MEI Pin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: She's All That, But He's Even More | 2/19/1999 | See Source »

When the Brigham researchers looked at fiber intake alone, however, a different picture emerged. After excluding women who had already developed colon cancer or had other factors that might skew the data, the researchers found 787 cases of colorectal cancer from 1980 to 1996 among 88,757 women. Yet the nurses who consumed the most fiber (around 25 g a day) were no better off than the ones who ate the least (10 g a day). There was an indication that "fiber from fruit might protect against colon cancer," says Dr. Charles Fuchs, a gastrointestinal oncologist who led the study...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still High on Fiber | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

...FIBER Study suggests it does little to prevent colon cancer. And the box it comes in tastes better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Feb. 1, 1999 | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

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