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Last year my colleague Christine Gorman expressed skepticism in this space about a report that night-lights could trigger nearsightedness in infants. Now two follow-up studies have failed to prove the connection. For more information on night-lights, visit spectacle.berkeley.edu/cleere For more on dizziness, visit time.com/personal You can e-mail me at ianmedical@aol.com
...candidate--to debate important issues, hone his ideas as well as his cleavers, overhaul his campaign and his personal style, and finally say why he thinks he should be the next President. Bradley did many things wrong in the course of this campaign, but what he did right helped trigger the transformation of Al Gore--from the laughingstock of last summer to the focused, effective candidate who will be ready for the Republicans next fall...
Researchers have identified the genes responsible for at least two types of hereditary colon cancer--dubbed FAP and HNPCC --that trigger malignant growths in folks in their 30s and 40s. But it can be tough to tell who has the genes, since they are often camouflaged by normal ones. Last month Dr. Bert Vogelstein and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore, Md., reported in the journal Nature that they have figured out how to unmask the defective genes. Meanwhile, researchers at Exact Laboratories in Maynard, Mass., have developed a simple stool test that will alert your doctor...
...remained totally at peace. I requested they leave me my credit cards, because they wouldn't be able to use them anyway, and not pull the trigger," Chopra said. He said the robbers complied...
...latest gun-related violence. The President told an audience earlier this week that the rate of accidental gun deaths among American children is nine times higher than in the world's 25 other largest countries combined. While opponents of gun control have indicated they might be amenable to trigger lock legislation alone, Branegan doubts Clinton will let the other measures go. "The White House is pretty unabashed about wanting more than safety locks," he says. So Clinton is looking at a fight, and it could be protracted; the NRA is noted for its ability to tie up disagreeable legislation...