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...Brian MacMahon, who served as chair of epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health for 31 years, died last Wednesday. He was 84. MacMahon’s colleagues described him as one of the most influential men in modern epidemiology. James H. Ware, the current academic dean of the School of Public Health, said that MacMahon’s 1960 textbook was for many years “the bible for young epidemiologists.” Colleagues credited MacMahon with moving the focus of the Department of Epidemiology away from infectious diseases and toward chronic illnesses, such as cancer...
...make a move, but it's one he must play very carefully. Come across as too angry and he'll turn voters off. Not angry enough and he remains in Obama's shadow. "There is a mini-primary going on there to become the alternative to Clinton," says Steve MacMahon, a top adviser to Howard Dean's presidential campaign in 2004 who is not affiliated with a campaign this cycle. "As long as there are six others it's very difficult for any one candidate to aggregate those looking for an alternative to Clinton...
...greater-is no more a disease than is cigarette smoking or sedentary living. People can be obese but healthy, just as they can be thin and sick. "It really doesn't make sense to call obesity a disease-it's a risk factor," says Stephen MacMahon, principal director of The George Institute for International Health, in Sydney. Moreover, it's a risk factor for maladies-heart disease, stroke, and even type 2 diabetes-that strike thin people...
...living (being male works against you, too). Generally, the poor sod who collapses from a heart attack could tick three or more of those boxes. "We've been fighting to stop doctors and patients thinking about any of these risk factors in a vacuum," says The George Institute's MacMahon, professor of cardiovascular medicine and epidemiology at the University of Sydney. "Your risk of having a heart attack is very, very multidimensional. Obesity is a causal contributor, but it's one of many. And it's actually much harder to reduce weight than it is to lower blood pressure...
...that may push Brinkema to reconsider his competency, a move his former lawyers urge. If she doesn't, says lawyer Edward MacMahon, "this case is heading to Ringling Bros." After Moussaoui boasted that he might open up about the plot--"I know which group, who participated, when it was decided"--some U.S. officials hinted that they might want to make a deal. But others doubted that he could be trusted. Says one: "I've never heard anybody say anything except 'He's off his bean...