Word: reductionism
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So what explains the discrepancies between the results of SELECT and previous studies? For one thing, says Dr. William Nelson, director of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, the participants of the Finnish study were cigarette smokers, and may have suffered more oxidative damage in their cells...
There are few things people won't do for money. That's the thinking behind a new weight-loss study published by behavioral economists Kevin Volpp of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Wharton School and George Lowenstein of Carnegie Mellon University. With a shocking 71% of...
As you know, the current projection of a 30% decline in our endowment presents the FAS with a substantial financial challenge. To help address this challenge, we will need to draw upon our endowment at a higher spending rate than we have historically. Even with a higher spending rate, we...
So far, though, the UAW is not sure what further concessions it will be asked to make. "They really haven't told us what they want," said one UAW bargainer when asked about what the union was prepared to give up. However, a rollback in wages, benefit cuts and a...
One British study followed 60 stimulant addicts who were treated with dexamphetamine in a Cornwall clinic. Doctors tracked how well these patients fared compared with 120 heroin addicts being treated with methadone, and found an equivalent reduction in illicit drug use and drug injection. In both groups, about two-thirds...