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...separate study, researchers at the University of Chicago found that ginseng, which is widely used to boost energy, can sometimes do more harm than good. In 20 volunteers, taking the herb disrupted the effects of the clot-busting drug warfarin, prescribed for millions of heart-attack patients. Because warfarin's dosage must be precise--too little can lead to clotting and too much can cause bleeding--any substance that alters its potency can have serious consequences...
...tabled in House dining halls, urging students to make a symbolic statement regarding their aversion to the practice by requesting a $1 refund from University Health Services (UHS). To criticize HRL’s annual campaign, which started in 1998, on the grounds that it causes any discernible harm would be petty; it has never led more than 101 students to opt out in a single year, and it will likely continue to have little effect on the University’s ability to subsidize elective abortions. However, there is an important principle at stake here. Since...
...Smith says the University may purchase a long-term commitment in a New England renewable energy source such as Cape Wind, a project to build a wind farm in Nantucket Sound. (The proposal is facing fierce opposition from many Cape Cod residents, who fear the offshore turbines would harm their ocean view...
Peter Renn, president of Lambda, the Law School’s student gay rights group, applauded Kagan’s move. “The swiftness of her response reflects the seriousness of the harm that was inflicted upon Harvard’s gay and lesbian students each day that the exception to the nondiscrimination policy was in place...
University President Lawrence H. Summers wrote letters last April to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Tom Ridge ’67 suggesting that a decline in the number of international students who studied in the country would harm the nation’s international stature...