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...That's not necessarily a problem. No one has ever done a randomized trial of smoking, yet it clearly causes cancer. On the other hand, it was on the basis of good epidemiological evidence that doctors believed for years that long-term use of estrogen and progestin would significantly protect women from heart disease. When the theory was put to the test with a randomized, controlled trial, however, it turned out to be dead wrong...
...Syamsuddin, chairman of Muhammadiyah, the country's second largest Muslim organization. Leaders such as Syamsuddin deny any intention of imposing Shari'a or that non-Muslims are being targeted. They also reject the claim that rights will be curtailed, saying that the objective of the law is to protect women and children. "The removal of pornography is not an infringement on press freedom," asserts Santi Soekanto from the Anti-Pornography Alliance, a civic group. "Most countries have some form of laws regulating the industry." Opponents say there is sufficient legislation already on the books?it just needs to be enforced...
...senior associate at the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Biosecurity. "Individuals should be calling the hospitals that they rely on and asking them, do you have a pandemic flu contingency plan in place? People need to start putting more pressure on the institutions that we rely on to protect...
...They also need to learn how to protect themselves when those institutions can't. Since 1993, the federal government's Community Emergency Response Team program has trained civilians to be auxiliary first responders - a formalized, more effective version of the Manhattan businessmen who loosened their ties and directed traffic during the 2003 blackout. The program is now available in more than 2000 jurisdictions. "If the people in Louisiana had been better educated," says RAND consultant Glenn Melnick, "the loss of property would have been the same, but we would have lost a lot fewer lives...
...like to buy things on eBay and other online auction sites, as I do, here's what you need to know to protect yourself...