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...Canada in response to the 1989 Montreal Massacre, in which 14 women were shot and killed. This is the second year the ribbon campaign has infiltrated Harvard Yard. “We just gave it a shot here last year,” said Gordon W. Braxton, a prevention specialist in the OSAPR who first became familiar with the movement during his undergraduate years at the University of Virginia. The undertaking is “very low intensity, which can be both good and bad,” Braxton said. “It’s good because...

Author: By Rachel A. Stark, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ribbons Denounce Violence | 12/11/2007 | See Source »

...Florida, prostate-cancer specialist Dr. Jay Friedland uses the system at Naples Radiation Oncology, where he has treated 243 patients since the end of 2004. Only two had the cancer recur, an outstanding result. "The beauty of this is that it's five treatments in five days," says Friedland. Other radiation therapies require as many as 45 treatments over nine weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Cutting Edge Alternative to Cutting | 12/7/2007 | See Source »

...having less is much stronger than the joy of having more." Workers who discover they're earning more for the same work may be happy, but those who earn less can quickly feel slighted, killing motivation and often the quality of their output. It doesn't take a brain specialist to understand how that affects a business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Success Depends on Others Failing | 11/26/2007 | See Source »

...cuts of suits, reinvigorating the made-to-order and tailor shops, overhauling women's wear and upgrading fabrics and construction across the board (with higher prices to match). The result: "It's feeling like it felt in the old days," says Thomas Davis, a made-to-measure shirt specialist who has worked at Brooks Brothers since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Claudio Del Vecchio: The Man Who Brought Back the Golden Fleece | 11/13/2007 | See Source »

...variant children. But it is available from international physicians and some U.S. doctors prescribing off-label. In February the first U.S. clinic for gender-variant children opened at Children's Hospital Boston. Throughout the process of delaying puberty with hormone blockers, the clinic offers regular checkups with a gender specialist. Families that have opted for the shots are grateful. "We don't know what's going to happen next," admits an East Coast lawyer whose 13-year-old--born a girl and living as a boy--has been on blockers for three years under the care of a private doctor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gender Conundrum. | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

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