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...same phylogenetic tree, they were also both on the same branch--and practically on the same leaf. The virus that was in those wild-animal markets had somehow infected a human being. The data were so compelling that the committee resolved that afternoon to phone the provincial governor and recommend a culling of civets...
...counseling. He says he is the therapist of last resort for many couples who go to his Marriage and Family Health Center in Evergreen, Colo., for an intensive four-day session: "The worse shape your marriage is in, the more this is the approach of choice." Nor does he recommend that a warring couple break up--that's just "one way therapists can bury their errors...
Most gerontologists recommend exercise and a healthy lifestyle as a far better route to prolonged sexual happiness. Says Dr. Jeffrey M. Drazen, editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine: "You're better off spending your money at a gym." Heeding his own advice, Butler, 76, the former director of the National Institute on Aging and founder of the International Longevity Center in New York City, and his wife, 64, exercise daily, stressing aerobic fitness, strength, flexibility, balance and posture. On weekends they go off with a walking group. And their sex life? "Just great," says Butler...
...over 50 have been screened for prostate cancer with the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, but the threshold level that doctors use to biopsy suspicious growths misses up to 82% of cancers. Harvard researchers reported that lowering the PSA level at which doctors recommend biopsies could double the rate at which they detect cancers...
...first time in nearly eight years, and industrial commodities like nickel, rubber and cotton just had their fifth highest annual price gain as measured by the Journal of Commerce--Economic Cycle Research Institute index, which began in 1949. How can individual investors profit from the rush? Analysts don't recommend esoteric futures and options, which are subject to vagaries like war and weather. A more prudent option, analysts say, is buying stock in companies that supply copper and tin, or an exchange-traded fund like the Materials Select Sector SPDR Trust, which rose 32% this year. --By Sean Gregory