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...well. A landmark study at Columbia University showed that women taking aspirin at least four times a week for three months cut their risk of developing breast cancer 30%. Doctors warn, however, that it's too early to recommend avoiding carbs and antibiotics or turning to aspirin to treat breast cancer. Though all three studies revealed potentially useful associations, none of them can show a direct connection...
Drugs prescribed to treat depression were much in the news this year, mostly because of their controversial use in children and adolescents. Although the drugs have helped thousands of depressed kids who might otherwise have thought about killing themselves, the latest studies show that the drugs actually increase suicidal thoughts and behavior in about 4% of children. Months after the British government decided to ban use of most antidepressants in children and teens, the U.S. finally took action. In October, the FDA directed manufacturers of all 32 antidepressants now on the market to add black-box warnings--its strongest caution...
...never supposed to get this far. Not all that long ago, the battle against hypertension was touted as one of the U.S.'s great public-health success stories. Almost absurdly easy to detect--a few painless seconds with a pressure cuff does it--hypertension is comparatively simple to treat with weight loss, lifestyle changes and a little medication. In the 1970s, doctors began tackling the condition aggressively, and as the percentage of people being treated crept up, the incidence of hypertension-related conditions fell. Strokes alone declined more than 50% from 1972 to 1994. Clearly, the country was closing...
...Harvard, at least, we are confident that the quality of the curriculum is sufficiently strong and even-handed. Where there are exceptions—and there are—there are other avenues for exposure to alternate perspectives, and there are generally multiple outlets to air grievances. Professors rarely treat their students as pitchers to be filled up with the correct mix of red and blue ideas, but as human beings who deserve a clear explication of all relevant viewpoints. Universities should try to eliminate the problem of poor teaching and disengaged faculty—not this shallow question...
...Timing sugar intake is also important. Blood-sugar levels tend to drop in the late afternoon, so an after-school treat won't cause glucose levels to spike as sharply as one eaten before bedtime, and the calories it contains are more likely to be burned off right away...