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...such as the food you eat and the medications you take--were the big news this year. Researchers in Mexico reported that eating a high-carbohydrate diet, common in that country, seems to increase the risk, probably by raising levels of insulin in the body, which can in turn trigger cells to grow abnormally. In another study out of the University of Washington, doctors found that women who filled 25 or more prescriptions for antibiotics over a 17-year period developed breast cancer at twice the rate of those who didn't take the drugs. Researchers suspect that antibiotics...
Health-food stores and advocates of alternative medicine have long touted the benefits of antioxidants--compounds that can soak up free radicals in the body that promote aging, damage tissues and trigger cancerous growths. Blueberries, cranberries and raspberries are among the best-known sources for these health-promoting compounds, but the list got a lot longer this year when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its most comprehensive study yet of the antioxidant content of common foods. Among the new entrants: red beans, kidney beans, pecans, walnuts, ground cloves and cinnamon. Of course, the USDA can't guarantee that...
...further undermine the regime's international legitimacy. Given the depth of their unpopularity at home, especially among young Iranians who want real democracy and better ties to the West, the clerics might not be able to count on the populace to rally around the flag if their reckless actions trigger a serious confrontation with the U.S. Some pro-West Iranians, believing that a showdown with the U.S. is just what is needed to make the mullahs' regime crumble, fault the Europeans for giving the mullahs a way out. "I love George Bush," says Hassan, 22, a businessman awaiting a flight...
Conversion from part to full time employment remains a huge issue for workers, since that change in status can trigger eligibility for benefits. Harvard has seen a 14 percent increase in its full-time custodial employees since 2002, moving toward the 60 percent full time employment negotiated by the SEIU, the custodians’ union. According to the Annual Report, the University is also “actively working” with its outside contractors to accomplish that same 60 percent rate for full time employment among outsourced employees...
...disease seems to spread to humans is through close contact with infected birds, although rare cases of human-to-human transmission have occurred. But if bird flu mutates and gains the ability to transmit as easily as normal flu-and scientists say that is a real possibility-it could trigger a worldwide pandemic similar to that in 1918. That prospect was raised last week, when Dr. Shigeru Omi, the World Health Organization's (WHO) regional director for the Western Pacific, estimated that such a pandemic could infect 25-30% of the world's population and kill up to 100 million...