Word: harmfulness
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...react to the reports? Medical common sense should prevail, says pediatric radiologist Dr. Michael DiPietro of the C. S. Mott Children's Hospital at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. "If alarm prevents people from having tests done that really need to be done, then the chances of harm from that are much greater than the chances of harm from the radiation. The concerns raised by this study should highlight, however, the need for these tests being ordered appropriately, done correctly and interpreted correctly in order to get the maximum information from the minimum of exposure." Dr. Brenner...
...from the race. The problem is that the rule does not acknowledge the fact that misplaced posters--especially those accidently misplaced by otherwise good-intentioned campaign volunteers--can be promptly removed without further damage to the election process. Such posters, unlike other campaign violations, do not constitute an "irreparable harm." Furthermore, the rule can also be exploited by other candidates, who might send workers out on a witchhunt for their opponents' postering violations...
When I was covering the Microsoft antitrust trial, the company invited me to have breakfast with its legal team. We covered all the basics: whether Microsoft was a monopoly, whether its actions had caused "consumer harm." But what stuck with me was a remark by a high-level Microsoft executive. He had heard I once worked for a federal judge he knew. The more I tried to focus on the antitrust issues, the more I kept wondering how this man I'd never met summoned up this nugget from my past...
...activity, is still developing and is thus extremely sensitive to outside interference. Imagine the static you hear in your car radio as you drive past a power line. Similarly, microwaves from cell phones can affect youngsters' brain rhythms. As for whether such microwaves ultimately do the same kind of harm to adults, that remains much in dispute...
ABORTION OPTION Last year when the FDA approved RU-486, it said the abortion pill should be taken with a second drug, misoprostol, to help expel the fetus. That didn't stop misoprostol's controversy-shy manufacturer, Searle, from warning doctors that the drug could harm pregnant women. Well, it doesn't seem to, according to a review of 200 studies that found misoprostol safe for a number of obstetrical uses, including labor induction and medical abortion...