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...nonawkward conversation with Curtis Sittenfeld. In fact, she answers the door of her sunny apartment in downtown Philadelphia with actual aplomb. Sittenfeld has a dramatically curvy nose, dark straight hair and a loud, appealing laugh. Seriocomic misunderstandings are kept to a minimum as we tour the study where she writes her novels; it's airy and messy - she and her boyfriend moved in last August, but there are still boxes on the floor. So far, you would never know that you were visiting the home of the Faulkner of awkwardness. Sittenfeld's first novel, Prep, was the sleeper...
...Generics: A good number of patients still ask for "the good stuff" - the actual brand name drug - not the generic forms. By law the pharmacy has to give you the far cheaper generic pill unless the doc writes "DAW" (Dispense As Written) in the little box on the script. It's easy for the doctor to do this - it takes less time and effort to write the three letters than to convince you you're wasting money. I've never seen any significant difference between the generic and branded versions of the drugs I prescribe. Neither have the colleagues...
...have statistics departments, only mathematics departments,” said his daughter, Gale Mosteller. “Now major universities typically have both.”In addition to establishing statistics as its own respectable field at universities, he worked to introduce statistics in high schools. He helped write teachers’ manuals in the field and taught a televised course on statistics in NBC’s “Continental Classrooms” in 1961.He later chaired the Department of Biostatistics at the School of Public Health (HSPH), and both developed and chaired the school?...
...been affected by a crime. The judge in a case can use that information to help in sentencing and determining restitution, according to Justice Department Public Information Officer Tom Carson.Prior to Smiley’s sentencing in federal court on Sept. 21, the probation office will compile and write a pre-sentencing report that will be submitted to the judge, Carson said.After federal sentencing, Smiley will then be sentenced in Connecticut state court on Sept. 22, according to The New York Times.Smiley faces up to ten years in prison and a fine of over 1.6 million dollars. However, his suggested...
DeAngelis also wrote that Dean of the Medical School Joseph B. Martin told her that he will write and distribute a letter to all 8,000 Harvard Medical School faculty members describing the updated disclosure policies of both JAMA and the New England Journal of Medicine...