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...film and the student’s screams of pain are clearly audible. Seventy-four U.S. police departments now use "non-lethal" weapons (NLWs), which include such tools as pepper spray, beanbag bullets and tasers.Their introduction has been welcomed by many who see them as a safer way to diffuse potentially dangerous situations, particularly those that involve people on drugs and the mentally ill. But advocates of NLWs tend to ignore one resulting danger: their users are likely to become more trigger-happy...
Things got even more confusing for women considering hormone-replacement therapy. Studies had shown that a combination of estrogen and progesterone increased the risk of breast cancer, heart attack, stroke and blood clots. A new study found that estrogen-only treatments appear safer, with no increase in breast-cancer risk but some increased risk of stroke or clots. A later study found a breast-cancer risk from estrogen therapy, however, among some postmenopausal women. If you must have hormone therapy, get it in small doses for short periods...
...other words, now that Big Money is onboard, hedge funds are playing it safer. "Historically, the people who were giants of the industry were unusual, dynamic and hard to classify," says Yasho Lahiri, a partner at law firm Baker Botts in New York City, who represents hedge funds and investors. "Today people want repeatable process...
...linkages across markets--tight coupling, in the language of systems analysts--make problems more likely to spread to other players, such as Wall Street banks, especially since hedge funds often leverage their investments, which magnifies gains. Or losses. "In most areas, risk goes down over time--airplanes are safer, GDP is more stable--but financial markets have gotten riskier," says Rick Bookstaber, a hedge-fund manager who is writing a book on the topic. "Financial engineering has actually created more risk by adding complexity." Since the summer, the Treasury Department has been meeting with regulators, investors and hedge-fund managers...
...beyond fighting or fleeing. But the higher reasoning we've developed over millions of years gives us far greater--and far more nuanced--options. Officials who provide hard, honest numbers and a citizenry that takes the time to understand them would not only mean a smarter nation, but a safer one. [This article contains a complex diagram. Please see hardcopy or pdf.] TOTAL ANNUAL DEATHS 2.5 MILLION Homicide 17,732 Suicide...