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Despite its negative results, Berry and Norton say the study holds a valuable lesson: that perhaps more important than the size of the dose is which chemo drug the doctor decides to use. Certain cancer cells will either respond to a drug or not - so boosting the dose, particularly of the wrong drug, is not likely to make any difference in these cases. Timing may also be key - spacing apart chemotherapy doses can increase the likelihood of catching tumor cells at their weakest. Taken together, lessons like these are making a difference where it counts most - in giving breast cancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High-Dose Chemo Doesn't Help Breast Cancer | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...thing they want to do is add 10 seconds to the time it takes to get you, after you get your food, away from the cash register. We found out, hey, the signature and the PIN--that adds a lot of time. So we said, Fine--and so for certain merchants, for transactions up to $25, no signature, no PIN--and the merchant doesn't have to worry about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Credit Cards and Spendthrifts | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...Branding, Branding, Branding! And not just in the sense of selling stuff. Sure, certain businesses have discovered that a well-conceived list can be marketable. (Cough! TIME 100! Cough!) But for selling ideas--making them definitive and catchy--a number and a catchphrase do wonders. If only the Founding Fathers had named the Bill of Rights 10 Great Tips for a Freedom-tastic Country!, Americans might actually be able to remember them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power of 10 | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...WAIT UNTIL JANUARY? The shuttle impedes the station's movement when attached. At certain points in the year, this makes it difficult to capture solar energy or maintain temperature, factors NASA considers for launch timing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Briefing | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...Dec.10]. That is not the view of James Thomson, who was the first scientist to isolate human embryonic stem cells and who observed that "if human embryonic-cell research does not make you a little bit uncomfortable, you have not thought about it enough." Would I be more certain about the lack of moral questions related to this research if I suffered from Parkinson's disease, as Kinsley does? I doubt it. My mother died with the disease, and my brother battles it every day. Being touched by a disease doesn't make the moral questions easier. And though...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

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