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...comes word that another estrogen-like drug, called raloxifene, is as effective as tamoxifen at reducing the risk of breast cancer--at least in high-risk, postmenopausal women--with fewer of those side effects. According to preliminary results from the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR), raloxifene triggered fewer uterine cancers, blood clots and hot flashes than tamoxifen. It also decreased the chances of developing cataracts...
...Assistant Dean of the College Paul J. McLoughlin II says that online poker is “as much of a concern for us student affairs educators as high-risk drinking, mental health, [or] substance abuse.” Last month, he attended a conference in Washington, D.C. that featured an entire session on student gambling...
Today vocational ed--or career tech, as it's commonly called--more often involves a computer mouse than a lathe. More than 15 million middle and high school and community-college students are enrolled, up 58% since 2000, in programs like biotechnology and computer networking. According to a 1998 University of Michigan study, high-risk students are eight to 10 times less likely to drop out if they enter a career-tech program. And the notion that career tech is useful only for the student with no college plans is outdated; students who have taken career tech enter college...
Let’s face it: if awkwardness and “complication” were diseases, then Harvard kids would be a high-risk demographic. And since we already know that we’re prone to the “nerdiness” that makes us susceptible to the infection, then it’s counteractive to foster a culture of self-deprecation in which it can grow. Perhaps it is time to stop obsessing over the awkward kitsch and start having more faith in our own abilities to be functional members of society. Declaring things...
...student group has organized awareness raising events around blood drives, said Feldstein, who is also a Crimson editorial editor. The FDA defends the ban as a necessary precaution against sexually transmitted disease. “Although a potential individual donor may practice safe sex, persons who have participated in high-risk behaviors are, as a group, still considered to be at increased risk of transmitting HIV,” according to the FDA’s website. Along with the Red Cross, two organizations—the American Association of Blood Banks and America’s Blood Centers?...