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...tuition in the form of loans, the initiative represents an admirable step toward ensuring that cost need not dissuade talented students from pursuing careers in medicine, regardless of those students’ means or background. The decision to expand aid was largely motivated by hopes that reducing indebtedness might lessen the burden on recent graduates to select “more lucrative specialties”—such as plastic surgery—after graduation. The medical school sees higher debts as the impetus behind a trend that has seen a decrease in the proportion of the school?...
...performance,” said HMS professor William H. Maisel, one of the study’s authors. The researchers cautioned, though, that there have been no reported cases of a pacemaker being hacked and a patient’s health being jeopardized. But Maisel said this should not lessen the need for security features in the development of such products. A press release by Medtronic, the company that manufactures the Maximo, said they look forward to examining the relevant security issues with researchers and regulators. They also said that newer devices with wider transmission ranges were equipped with safety...
...HMI’s backers worry that the trend toward centralizing Harvard’s international efforts—given that it has meant spinning off part of HMI—will lessen Harvard’s impact abroad...
...contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] THE TARGET THE PROBLEM THE GREEN APPROACH Energy production Ski lifts and snowmakers use massive amounts of electricity and diesel fuel Aspen Skiing Co. offsets 100% of its energy with wind power and makes snow with a speck of dust to lessen the water and energy used Transportation All those SUVs traveling back and forth to the slopes consume a lot of gas In Colorado, Copper Mountain uses energy-efficient buses, and the gondolas at Winter Park Resort serve as public transportation Building materials Nonlocal or nonrecycled materials increase pollution byusing more...
...bottom line is that there's inconclusive evidence that mercury has any long-term effects in adults at the levels that are commonly consumed, and that even if there are effects, studies suggest that they are only to lessen the benefit of the fish. That's important from a public health perspective - we might be getting even more benefit from fish on a population level if we took the mercury out, and that's a very important question that should be answered. But that doesn't mean that the individual person trying to decide on a fish meal should worry...