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Medicalize Me: Experts Look At How Our Perceptions Of Illness Are Shap
Do prescription drug ads make people think they're sick when they're not, or create "disease"out of thin air? Does the "empowered patient"movement mean that doctors have lost some of their professional clout when it comes to making diagnoses and prescribing treatment? These questions and more are the focus of a set of probing essays in The Lancet, all addressing the topic of "medicalization"and what it means in modern society. Shades and Shadow-Pictures: The Materials and Techniques of American P
Historic overview of the development of American portrait silhouettes (also known as "profiles,""shadow portraits,"and "scissortypes"). Discusses the derivation of the term "silhouette"(from the surname of an eighteenth-century finance minister to Louis XV), how silhouettes are presented (such as in albums and mounted), types of paper used, tracing devices, and more. From the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Book and Paper Group. New Tumour Markers 'Spot The Differences'
Pancreatic cancer has the poorest prognosis of all cancers: the survival rate after five years with the disease is less than five percent and on average, patients who have been diagnosed with it do not live longer than six months. New findings reveal some of the orders that allow pancreatic tumours to grow quickly, feed and invade other tissues. This research may help with developing new anti-cancer treatments. Dams, Projects &Powerplants: Central Valley Project, Delta Division
This division of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation "provides for the transport of water through the central portion of the great [California] Central Valley, including the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta."This page provides descriptions of Bureau of Reclamation projects in the Delta (such as the Tracy Pumping Plant and Delta-Mendota Canal) and history of the bureau's activities in the area (including the Peripheral Canal, which "became one of the most controversial elements of Division planning"). Optical Technique Provides Improved 'Virtual Biopsies' Of Internal Sur
A new optical imaging technique, developed at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, can provide three-dimensional microscopic views of the inner surfaces of blood vessels and gastrointestinal organs. Why False Memories Sometimes Feel Like They Are Absolutely True
Neuroscientists say the places a memory is processed in the brain may determine how someone can be absolutely certain of a past event that never occurred. Information retrieved from memory is simultaneously processed in two specific regions of the brain, each of which focuses on a different aspect of a past event. What to Wear to School: The Great Debate Over Dress Codes and School U
This article discusses how "the most recent data indicates that 23%of American public elementary schools have a school uniform policy, but a new book makes the case that uniforms do not improve school safety or academic discipline."Discusses the pros and cons of school uniforms, and uniforms versus dress codes. Also includes links to related articles about clothing shopping for back to school, and to related sites. From Greatschools.net, a California nonprofit organization. [Odd] Pa. Squirrel Allowed to Live With Couple
Nutkin the Squirrel can live out her later years hunting nuts indoors with a Pennsylvania couple, a court has ruled. Neuroimaging Confirms The Greater Vulnerability Of Women's Brains To A
Women appear to be more vulnerable to chronic drinking than men are. New research uses computed tomography to examine alcohol's effects on the brains of alcoholic men and women.Results show that women develop alcohol-related brain damage more readily than men. AIDS Not The Downfall Of African Families
The media's message is clear: the AIDS epidemic will be the downfall of families in Africa. A new study calls that an overstatement. The study shows that AIDS compounds the issue of poverty in households where poverty is already a prevailing issue, especially when a household loses its primary income earner to AIDS.
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