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One such question, says Millett, is whether circumcision can reduce infection rates among the subset of men who have only insertive sex with other men, as opposed to those who have only receptive sex or both. Millett's review suggested that among the former group, circumcision lowered H.I.V.-infection risk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Debate Over Circumcision, HIV Reduction | 10/7/2008 | See Source »

Betty McEntire, executive director of the American SIDS Institute, says the study is useful for underscoring the link between SIDS and rebreathing or overheating. "We know that increased carbon dioxide can hurt the baby's ability to arouse during sleep," says McEntire. "So you definitely want to prevent your baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fans Reduce Infants' Sudden Death Risk | 10/6/2008 | See Source »

The weight-loss options for obese pre-adolescents are slim. The two most effective obesity medications on the market, (Orlistat and Meridia) are not approved for children under age 15, and surgical treatments such as gastric bypass are often too risky for kids. That leaves lifestyle- and behavior-modification programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Reading Help Kids Lose Weight? | 10/4/2008 | See Source »

A brief note before continuing though: while there is great danger in grouping all art from China into a single artistic category (just as it would be to group all contemporary American art into something similar) it is useful to think of Chinese art in terms of a series of...

Author: By Ruben L. Davis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Self-Aware Chinese Art Begins to Break Down Walls | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

Still, the paper is complex, so it's useful to step back first and look at where the larger debate over the gender wage gap stands. After all, isn't that gap narrowing to the point of obscurity? Actually, no. The Russell Sage Foundation published the most authoritative work on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If Women Were More Like Men: Why Females Earn Less | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

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