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...Renowned heart scientist Dr. Steven Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic, lead author of the study, analyzed what happened to 15,560 patients who were given Avandia and 12,283 in a control group. Using data from already published studies, Nissen found 86 myocardial infarctions in the group that took rosiglitzone, the chemical name for Avandia, compared with 72 in the control group. The number of deaths from heart disease was also higher - 39 among people who took the drug, compared to 22 for the control group. A few dozen deaths out of more than 15,000 subjects may seem small...
...religion stretches beyond academia, says Mark U. Edwards, Jr., associate dean for academic administration at HDS. It enters the public sphere through the debates about intelligent design and stem cell research as well as through bestselling books such as “The God Delusion” by secular scientist Richard Dawkins...
...long-term subscriber, I was deeply disappointed that you chose creationist Michael Behe to write the piece on biologist Richard Dawkins. Dawkins is a prominent and well-respected scientist and a highly successful science educator for the lay audience. In marked contrast, Behe's writings and public appearances have damaged science education and practice in this country. Of all of the distinguished scientists and writers TIME might have chosen to describe Dawkins and his work, it is astonishing that your magazine settled on Behe. This terrible error of judgment is indicative of either inexcusable ignorance about the state of modern...
...Computer scientist Barbara J. Grosz, dean of science at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, has been tapped to lead Radcliffe as interim dean, President-elect Drew G. Faust announced on Friday...
...Computer scientist Barbara J. Grosz, dean of science at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, has been tapped to lead Radcliffe as interim dean, President-elect Drew G. Faust announced on Friday...