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...temptation to spend, many spouses are still skipping the gift exchange. Matt Batt, a public relations executive from Chicago, and his wife usually spend about $200 on presents for each other. This year, they're cutting spousal gifts entirely, opting to spend that money on their 19-month-old second child and other family members. "This doesn't mean we love each other any less," says Batt. "We just want to do what's right for the Christmas spirit." Batt's a nice Santa for his son. But for companies that are counting on Dad's splurging on Mom, consumers...
Cancer doctors are also worried that insurance companies will use the panel's new recommendations as an excuse to stop paying for mammography in younger women. Since 2002, when most professional organizations urged annual mammograms for women between 40 and 49 years old, the breast-cancer mortality rate in that group has steadily dropped, by about 3% a year, owing in large part to enhanced screening; doctors were able to pick up and treat cases of disease earlier...
Overall, the analysis suggests that mammography reduces the risk of dying from breast cancer 15% among women 39 to 49 years old. But the task force determined that while mammograms certainly reduced risk of death, that reduction was small in this age group in light of the risks associated with the screening. In order to save one life among 40- to 49-year-olds, doctors would have to perform yearly mammograms in 1,904 women over 10 years. Among older women, between ages 50 and 74, one death could be prevented for every 1,339 women screened for 10 years...
...Old media may be dying, and career paths into journalism may be rapidly evaporating, but one Harvard Law School student may have found a shortcut from Langdell to the top of the Washington Post opinion page...
Ross G. Douthat ’02, a 29-year-old former contributor to The Crimson, was made an editorial columnist for the New York Times in April 2009. No Washington Post editorial writers or columnists are under...