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...used for individual clinical decisionmaking." But Norton acknowledges that the ideal study - in which women would be randomly assigned to either have a double mastectomy or not - could never be done, since it would not be ethical to prevent women from having a procedure known to reduce the risk of cancer recurrence...
Abroad, though, is also where UPS faces some of its biggest risk. Increasingly stringent environmental laws and rising costs for Asian labor and raw materials all make this business vulnerable. An even more immediate concern is the possibility of government-imposed tariffs or border restrictions. "Global trade is going to lead this recovery," Davis says. "I get on my bully pulpit against anything that could impede...
...risk factor for premature death, social isolation is as big a risk factor as smoking,” Putnam said in his speech, which was cosponsored by the Wellness Center, the Harvard Student Mental Health Liaisons, and the Harvard Mental Health Awareness and Advocacy Group...
...boys centered on their intellectual capacity, while inadequate intelligence was cited as the problem in nearly ninety percent of girls’ negative criticism. Under these skewed perceptions and low expectations, girls are not poised to develop the same confidence in their abilities as boys, playing into their risk-averse nature...
Additionally, females routinely underestimate their own abilities (which may have its roots as early on as mothers of girls underestimating their infant’s crawling ability) feeding into this avoidance of risk. If a girl believes she is at risk of injury riding a bicycle regardless of her actual skill set, she is likely to grow into a woman who lets her fear of seeming pushy or ungrateful stop her from asking for a raise...