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...most common cancers outside our borders are caused by chronic infections with viruses - very different from the ones that afflict us. In Africa, for example, the three most common cancers are Kaposi's sarcoma (related to HIV infection) and liver and cervical cancer. In China, liver cancer is a huge problem. The good news is that while researchers are still working on an effective AIDS vaccine, they can vaccinate against the hepatitis B virus that causes liver cancer and the human papillomavirus responsible for cervical cancer. "Hepatitis B vaccination could potentially wipe out much of liver cancer in Africa...
...Russia, India and China—in 2001, Brazil has often been considered the ugly duckling of the group. Next to a former superpower and two ancient civilizations boasting over one billion citizens, the South American giant may have seemed Lilliputian. But the global economic crisis has made a huge difference. Brazil’s admirable resistance to the current turmoil vindicates its placement. It also strengthens the judgment that the B-side of the BRIC dream is not one of scandalous GDP growth rates, but one of steady 3-7 percent increases per year. Current estimates for 2009 hover...
...training and approaching head coach Tommy Amaker in August, Groszyk expressed his wish to return to the squad. Amaker was happy to take Groszyk back, but told the point guard that he would need to work his way back up from JV. “It was a huge disappointment at the start of the year when the coaches said that I would need to start at JV and work my way up, but Coach Amaker was always really clear that there was an opportunity for me and that it was reachable if I was willing to take...
...Frankly, if the University were to shut down all expansion, all hiring it would be a huge mistake in times like these, precisely when you need to be making smart investments and changing the University so that we’re stronger,” said biomedical engineering professor David A. Edwards...
...Over many years there have been trends,” he wrote in an e-mailed statement. “Some fields attract more of the best students. But these effects are very slow and usually not huge or dramatic...