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...Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, this relationship could translate into reduced quality of care for patients. Patients may receive drugs that aren’t the cheapest or aren’t best suited for them, said Caplan, adding that a neutral system provided by the government to educate doctors on drugs would be preferable to the current system. Campbell acknowledged that these gifts gave certain drug companies an unfair advantage. “We know that this influences doctor prescribing practices. That’s old news...

Author: By Joshua R. Stein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Study Reveals Gifts to Physicians | 4/27/2007 | See Source »

...drugs, the rats’ levels of dopamine were nearly the same, suggesting that the drug alone is not responsible for the pleasure experienced by drug addicts. A similar result was observed in an experiment with humans which did not involve any drugs at all. Subjects were shown both neutral control videos and videos that showed people using cocaine. Scientists observed that subjects’ dopamine levels increased drastically when shown videos of drug use. The experiments, Volkow said, demonstrate the strong connection between memory and craving, and suggest that more effective treatments might focus on disrupting memory rather than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Neurology May Better Addiction Therapy | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

...Cojean, with his vegetable-packed toasted sandwiches, chicken curry wraps and salmon and quinoa salads, is the de facto godfather of a near-movement. In the last few years, other like-minded, health-conscious fast food restaurants have sprouted up around town, with easy-to-pronounce, linguistically neutral names like Bioboa, Noon, Jour and the deliciously provocative Eatme. The Belgian chain Exki (motto: "natural, fresh & ready") opened their first location in France last August - also in Paris's financial district. All of these places emphasize fresh products, clearly labeled ingredients and absolutely nothing fried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anti-Fast Food in France | 4/14/2007 | See Source »

...very appropriate way to describe some of the works. In the neutral space of a gallery, the light doesn't change, [the works] are just held in suspension when really they need to go from darkness into the light. The sun needs to penetrate and catch the bronze in just such a way at just such a moment. Photographs can show us that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A with Andy Goldsworthy | 4/13/2007 | See Source »

...visiting dignitaries - such as Secretary Rice herself - and to guard the crossings into the Palestinian territory of Gaza at Rafah and Karni. But some Western envoys fear that strengthening Abbas' forces could help unravel the unity government. International observers and Palestinians claim that Abbas' Praetorian guard was hardly neutral during the recent civil conflict that wracked the Palestinian territories as gunmen from Fatah and Hamas traded fire for days on end: The president's forces laid siege to the Islamic University in Gaza, which has many Hamas sympathizers among its students, destroying classrooms, libraries and a computer center. Palestinians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Hopes to Strengthen Abbas | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

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