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...Pregnancy and lactation may also change breast tissue by building antibodies that help prevent cells from becoming cancerous. The fewer pregnancies a woman has, the less this modification occurs. "[In India] what was protecting women in the past was that they had many children," says Dr. Vinod Raina, an oncologist in Delhi. Other researchers go even further, venturing to put a number on that claim. "Reproductive changes explain about 30% to 40% of breast-cancer threat," says Dr. Wei Zheng, an epidemiologist at Vanderbilt University in Nashville...
...Pilbeam’s letter hits too close to home. At the very least, his three-pronged take on why the party grant program needed to be axed is grounded in undeniably sound logic. First, Dean Pilbeam rightly notes that the UC has not taken the necessary initiative to prevent the use of UC funds for underage drinking. I had a party when I turned 20, and even though I invited Ryan Petersen, he didn’t come. Had he or one of his peers had the time to come to my party, I would have spent the evening...
...Nancy Gibbs' column about several recent warnings delivered on the state of the environment [Sept.24]. Yet even with an awareness of the crisis, I am at a loss to know what the solutions might be. Gibbs noted that even drastic reductions in greenhouse gases would not be enough to prevent the melting of the Arctic ice cap. We need to know the maximum amount of harmful waste that can be tolerated globally and devise a concrete plan to stay within that limit. This may necessitate enormous changes within our society. Claudia Schaer, CALGARY, ALTA., CANADA...
...sought a waiver to divorce the Science Complex from that grouping and file a unique ENF. This move was not without its controversy; during the public comment period, many Allston residents wrote letters to MEPA Secretary Ian. A Bowles expressing concern that piecewise approval of individual Allston projects would prevent a comprehensive understanding of the long-term environmental impact of Harvard’s Allston expansion. While their concern is understandable, it would be unrealistic to ask Harvard to plan all 20 years of construction in exacting detail before moving the first stone, and the Allston Development Group may very...
...advisory also pointed to the various campus shuttle systems as ways to prevent late-night crime, though Pasquarello stressed the unique problems that surface with each case...