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...other parts of Europe, things are looking even worse. Shares on the Greek stock market have fallen 9% over the past two days. The parlous state of Greece's public finances has prompted credit-rating agency Fitch to lower the country's debt rating to BBB+, the lowest in the euro zone, Europe's single-currency region. Further blows could follow: rival agencies Moody's and Standard & Poor's have threatened similar moves in recent days. (See 10 things to do in Athens...
Among the women consuming the most soy, the risk of death from breast cancer four years after diagnosis was 7.4% and the risk of recurrence was 8%. Women in the lower soy-intake group had higher risks: a 10.3% risk of death from breast cancer and an 11.2% risk of recurrence. "I think based on our study, I am quite comfortable saying that soy food, particularly a moderate amount, is safe, and potentially beneficial," says the study's lead author, Dr. Xiao-Ou Shu, an epidemiologist at Vanderbilt...
...variables are not confounding their results. In the new study, for example, the authors note that the women eating the highest amounts of soy were also more likely to have received chemotherapy to treat their disease and to eat vegetables and exercise regularly - all factors that may contribute to lower breast-cancer risk. Shu and her colleagues adjusted for these variables, but, says Norton, "with any observational study, you don't know what else is going...
...were left to decide on their own whether they would get a yearly test. At the seven-year mark, 50 men had died from prostate cancer in the screening group, and 44 had died in the usual-care group. In other words, screening and early detection did not lower the death rate from prostate cancer...
...Cuomo’s wife, daughter, and his daughter’s nanny were all uninjured. However, Cuomo cracked three ribs, suffered minor internal damage, and injured his leg. Cuomo’s assistant was also sent to the hospital with two broken ribs and a fractured lower vertebra...