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...Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has a habit of treading where other elected officials are loath to go. First, he took on same-sex marriage. Now Newsom is angling again to bestow city residents with rights that Americans living elsewhere don't have. San Franciscans, he announced this week, are poised to become the first recipients of universal health care. This means uninsured city dwellers will gain access to basic medical services they otherwise couldn't afford. While not free, the care will come at sharply reduced costs. Enrollment fees will range from $3 to $201, depending on participants' incomes. Most...
...that's the problem. Doctors have grown used to prescribing antibiotics like oxacillin or cephalexin in that situation. It's not clear if that long-standing habit helped the bugs grow resistant in the first place. But what is abundantly clear is that those standard treatments are no longer effective...
...paucity (and desperation) of Keillor's thin and casual plotting, to make poignantly manifest some of the sadness and confusion of people trying to do a live radio show while knowing that it is to be the last in a series that has been, for years, the ruling habit of their lives...
...decline in readership is part of a larger move towards political inattentiveness among younger Americans. Barely a third of the “DotNet” generation (current 15- to 25-year olds) follows the news on a regular basis. As these are the formative years for media habits, the numbers bode poorly for future engagement with current issues. But how to reverse the trend? I was amazed this spring when one of my professors mandated a daily reading of The New York Times: it was the first time in four years at Harvard my coursework required attention to current...
Nicotine patches and Nicorette gum may be a thing of the past—smokers may soon be able to kick their habit with a simple shot. Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) announced last Tuesday that it will be one of ten sites across the nation to research the effects of NicVax, a vaccine that may help addicts quit smoking. The MGH study is the only one being conducted in the Northeast. Like other vaccines, NicVax is composed of a protein molecule. What makes this vaccine unique, according to University Health Services (UHS) Chief of Medicine Soheyla D. Gharib, is that...