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...face after receiving a diagnosis of breast cancer is whether to undergo mastectomy, not only of the breast with cancer but, as a preventive measure, of the unaffected breast as well. Cancer detected in one breast has a tendency to spread to the other, healthy breast, and an increasing number of women are choosing to excise the unaffected breast, just to be safe. Numerous studies have documented the reduction in breast-cancer recurrence in women who elect to remove both breasts, but until now, no studies had confirmed that this decision actually increases a woman's overall chance of survival...
...just objects; they are also data, and in all its decisions, UPS has used the latter to make delivering the former more efficient. Since the late 1980s, the carrier has invested billions in technology to perfect the art of tracking shipments. Data now decides everything from the number of drivers needed each day to the exact routes their trucks should travel. "This traditionally is a company of engineers obsessed with detail," says Doug Caldwell, a principal at ParcelResearch.com based in Portland, Ore. "And all of those hundreds of little things add up to impressive advantages in efficiency, in cost...
Woods' future seems dreary as—according to the Davie-Brown Index, a measure of a celebrity's influence on brands and consumers—his standing among the general public has dramatically decreased. Woods was ranked as number 6 last year, but he has since plummeted to number...
...record number of 494 students are jockeying for the Institute of Politics’ Director’s Internships, though the number of open slots remains limited...
...expects a final total of over 500 applications, which marks a 43 percent increase from last year’s figure, according to IOP’s internship program administrator Amy A. Howell. Even last year, the program received an unprecedented number of applications upon expanding the number of available positions from...