Beyond Those Health Care Numbers
The most dangerous claims in the health care debate are those that are true but don?t mean what people think they mean....
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In The DVD War Over High Definition, Most Buyers Are Sitting It Out
Even as prices fall, neither Sony’s Blu-ray nor Toshiba’s HD DVD, has gained an advantage....
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Science News

Observatory: Even Top Performers Have Flaws, and That Might Be a Good ...
2007-12-28 05:30 - A virtuoso musician may seem to nail every note, but actually there are tiny variations in even the most skilled performance.

Vital Signs: Treatments: Talking Out the Choices for Breast Cancer Sur...
2007-12-28 05:30 - Most surgeons fail to mention the possibility of breast reconstruction before their patients choose between mastectomy and breast-conserving surgery, researchers have found.

Vital Signs: Insights: Clinical Trials May Not Represent Population
2007-12-28 05:30 - The randomized clinical trial, widely considered the most reliable biomedical research method, can have significant drawbacks, a new study suggests.

Vital Signs: Hazards: More Transfusions Mean More Risk for Women
2007-12-28 05:30 - Women are more likely than men to die after heart surgery, and one reason may be the use of a common medical procedure: blood transfusions.

Vital Signs: Birthing: Elective Caesareans Tied to Breathing Problems
2007-12-28 05:30 - Babies delivered by elective Caesarean sections are significantly more likely to have respiratory problems than those delivered vaginally or by emergency surgery, a new study finds.

Really?: The Claim: Calories From Alcohol Go to Your Midsection
2007-12-28 05:30 - But do calories from alcohol congregate at the midsection at a greater rate than others?

Basics: Birds, Bugs Named as Steroid Users!
2007-12-28 05:30 - Baseball players may not be the only animals looking to gain an advantage by using steroids.

Books: The Lure of Treatments Science Has Dismissed
2007-12-28 05:30 - Exploring the reasons people swear by treatments that have no scientific evidence backing them.

Cancer Fight Goes Nuclear, With Heavy Price Tag
2007-12-27 06:01 - A push by medical centers to turn nuclear particle accelerators into weapons against cancer reflects the best and worst of America’s health system, experts say.

On the Ground and in the Water, Tracing a Giant Wave’s Path
2007-12-26 06:01 - Dr. Harindra Joseph S. Fernando studies the human activities that make a natural disaster even more deadly.


 
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