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...proud of his effort to increase training in ethics, community health, and anthropology. “We’ve completely transformed the medical curriculum,” he said.Third-year students at the school previously had moved among seven clinical rotations in a 12-month time-span. “Just moving from one site to another during that principal clinical experience was disruptive,” he recalled.Martin has sought to bring stability to third-year students. “We think for that one year, they’re much better off embedded in a single hospital...
...track in Monaco. A number of companies have been testing the software for SmithBayes, including one major European aerospace company. That's an industry whose products take years to develop and remain in the market for decades, but are loaded with electronic components that have the life span of gnats. That company has used the software to trim costs by figuring out the best time to replace many components across several product lines, while also introducing product upgrades. An executive with that company tells Time that his firm plans to make greater use of the SmithBayes software. Rival products...
...course, Harvard football has historically been more disciplined than other varsity football programs across the country. Indeed, one could conclude that it’s simply been an unusually unlucky season. But the fact remains that all these incidents occurred within the Harvard varsity football team, and in a span of five months. There is a real problem here beyond simple coincidence, and it is fair to ask whether the punishments are strong enough to deter future infractions. Coach Murphy has responded to all six incidents with either suspensions or dismissals, yet the team’s ongoing woes suggest...
...things like the food people eat and the health care they receive appear to be more important than income in determining how long they live, according to a new study of mortality in the U.S. Some of the news is bleak: the worst-off Americans have a life span in line with that of people who live in Third World countries. The biggest surprise, says the report's author, Dr. Christopher Murray of the Harvard School of Public Health, is that life-span discrepancies show up most in young and middle-aged adults, not kids or the elderly, who tend...
RURAL SOUTH The life span of low-income black female residents is 13 years shorter than that of Asian-American women...