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HOMEOPATHY: A LOAD OF HOOEY? Lots of alternative therapies are effective, but according to the journal Lancet, homeopathy isn't one of them. In a review of 220 studies, researchers found it was no better than a placebo. --By Sora Song
...started out as a painkiller and fever reducer, but in recent decades we have learned that aspirin can also reduce the risk of heart attacks and help prevent strokes. Last week I was surprised to read in the Journal of the American Medical Association that high doses of aspirin taken for long periods of time can prevent colorectal cancer...
...question for McCain is whether he can take the Republican Party toward the center, the one for Clinton is whether she can carve out a space for herself there. While only 21% of Americans consider themselves liberal, according to an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll last December, 58% think she is one. Among swing voters, the gap between the percentage of self-described liberals and people who perceive Clinton as one was 43 points. Clinton's views have always been more nuanced than either her enemies or her fans have been willing to admit, and she has been working hard...
Increased chance for an octogenarian to survive five years after heart-bypass surgery compared with survival chance for eightysomethings in the general population, according to a study to be published in the journal Heart...
Infants may not get their hearing tested until they're 8 months old. Too late, say doctors writing in the journal Lancet. Screening babies shortly after birth, they argue, may catch thousands more cases of permanent hearing impairment, keeping language development on track. --By Sora Song