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...decided to call Kurtz and probe a little deeper. What exactly did that mean, a "rebel at heart...
...Harvard probe officially began April 3, but the GAO has yet to move beyond the most preliminary stages, the investigator said. The GAO has not finished examining the University's own report, compiled by the outside accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand...
...federal probe, now underway at several campuses nationwide, examines universities' use of overhead funds in government-sponsored research projects. The Harvard inquiry comes only months after the government released information showing that Stanford University had used overhead monies for inappropriate expenditures...
...Feshbachs, who wear jackets bearing the slogan "stock busters," insist they run a clean shop. But as part of a current probe into possible insider stock trading, federal officials are reportedly investigating whether the Feshbachs received confidential information from FDA employees. The brothers seem aligned with Scientology's war on psychiatry and medicine: many of their targets are health and biotechnology firms. "Legitimate short selling performs a public service by deflating hyped stocks," says Robert Flaherty, the editor of Equities magazine and a harsh critic of the brothers. "But the Feshbachs have damaged scores of good start...
Rectal examinations have been the standard for early diagnosis for nearly a century. But this method, in which doctors probe the prostate gland manually, has not been very popular with patients or their doctors. In West Germany, where men over 40 can be tested for free, a recent study found that only 15% actually agreed to have it done. Physicians point out that the exams often fail to detect smaller cancers and those that originate on the front of the gland. The method is also subjective. One expert remarked that all he can tell his medical students is that...