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But will it? At the moment, the only proof that IOC and FIG officials can rely on will be registration documents from previous competitions, or birth records of the girls' that would show different birth dates. Biologically, says Dr. David Sinclair, a pathologist at Harvard Medical School who studies the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Science Tell a Gymnast's Age? | 8/23/2008 | See Source »

Still, there are ways to using modern imaging technology to potentially glean more scientific information on the gymnasts' ages. Dental records are commonly used to determine age, since the wearing down of teeth correlates with how long a person has been living - and eating - but, again, only within a two...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Science Tell a Gymnast's Age? | 8/23/2008 | See Source »

An all-out Soviet nuclear attack on the U.S. could entail an intercontinental blitzkrieg: thousands of missiles launched from enemy territory, letting loose tens of thousands of deadly warheads surrounded by a nebula of hurtling decoys and debris. In half an hour, this lethal ''threat cloud'' would be over the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCIENTIFIC HURDLES | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

Absolutely, say researchers behind two recent studies that sound the alarm about the increased cancer risk associated with multiple CT scans. In the first study of its kind, physicians at hospitals in Florida and Washington, D.C., evaluated the medical-imaging records of 1,243 randomly selected patients to calculate just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Dangerous Are CT Scans? | 6/27/2008 | See Source »

So what should you ask, if a doctor recommends a CT scan for you or your child? Brenner suggests the following: is a CT scan really necessary? Might a test that doesn't involve radiation, such as an ultrasound or MRI, do the job? In some cases, a CT scan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Dangerous Are CT Scans? | 6/27/2008 | See Source »

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