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Institutional affiliation, extra time to publish, and more lines on a teaching resume can make the extra year worthwhile, says Shyon S. Baumann, a sociology student who will graduate in June and does not yet have plans for next year...
...most stunning turn of events in the history of the ECAC quarterfinals, the Catamounts pulled out a 3-2 victory in extra time to permanently silence the Golden Knight faithful this season...
Clarkson had appeared to have the victory sewn up earlier in the contest, but the Catamounts battled back from a 2-0 deficit in the final frame to push the game into extra minutes...
There are other benefits to going digital, however. The same study showed that because radiologists could adjust the images, they needed fewer retakes, sparing women the discomfort (and extra radiation) of a repeat mammogram. Also, digital systems upgrade more easily to accommodate future innovations, such as software filters that will allow doctors to "subtract" out healthy tissue and show only tiny tumors. "There are a lot of exciting possibilities down the road," says Dr. Etta Pisano of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who will be heading up a large study comparing analog and digital mammography later this...
...open the $7.99 kit, they must make their way through a lengthy instruction sheet to learn the correct procedure for dropping a sequence of tissues into the toilet bowl to test for blood in the stool. The smallest error--such as leaving the tissue in the commode for an extra 30 seconds--can cause dramatically inaccurate results. In any event, blood in the stool is only one of many indicators of a developing cancer--and hardly the most definitive. No home colon-cancer test, no matter how easy, can replace a colonoscopy...