It has become one of the most controversial questions in cancer medicine: Can using a cell phone cause brain tumors?
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OECD Report: How to Measure Life Satisfaction
Society At A Glance 2009 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development 132 pages The Gist: If you’re looking for another reason to hate on France, you might check out the latest report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Why Doctors’ Drug-Prescribing Info Should Be Kept Private
An e-mail has been making the rounds among some of my physician colleagues.
Gentrification: Not Ousting the Poor?
People tend to think gentrification goes like this: rich, educated white people move into a low-income minority neighborhood and drive out its original residents, who can no longer afford to live there. As it turns out, that’s not typically true
Which Americans Are Uninsured? Kaiser Foundation Report
The Uninsured: A Primer Key Facts About Americans Without Health Insurance The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation; 36 pages The Gist: As members of Congress vote on controversial health-care-reform legislation, the Henry J
90 percent of U.S. bills carry traces of cocaine
The term "dirty money" is for real. In the course of its average 20 months in circulation, U.S. currency gets whisked into ATMs, clutched, touched and traded perhaps thousands of times at coffee shops, convenience stores and newsstands.
Google and Microsoft Battle for College E-Mail
College students used to complain about dining-hall mystery meat. Their new gripe?
Why MRIs Don’t Lead to Better Cancer Survival
Women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer are faced with a tough choice — either to have parts of the affected breast removed, followed by several weeks of potentially toxic radiation therapy; or opt for mastectomy, removing the entire breast and contending with the disfigurement that entails. The decision typically rests on where and how widespread the tumors are. It’s no wonder, then, that more and more women are relying on high-tech MRI scans to help them examine their cancer and choose the right treatment
Mapping the world, one street at a time
Between GPS devices on your car’s dashboard and digital maps of almost any locale in the world on your smartphone or laptop, it’s hard to get lost these days. We may take these 21st-century services for granted
Should You Drink with Your Kids?
I was 14 the first time I got falling-down drunk.