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Gift Wrapping Alternatives
Features ideas for gift-wrap made from calendars, children's artwork, old maps, and other materials. Also includes instructions for making fabric gift bags and trimming gifts with natural materials such as evergreen branches. New MRI Technique Quickly Builds 3-D Images Of Knees
A faster magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data-acquisition technique will cut the time many patients spend in a cramped magnetic resonance scanner, yet deliver more precise 3-D images of their bodies. Old Tijuana Virtual Postcard Tour
This site provides a "historicallook back at Tijuana, Mexico viewed from the last century, during which it grew considerably on the flow of tourist visitor's dollars."The site features dozens of images of historical postcards and a brief history of Tijuana. Making Iron The Old-Fashioned Way Is A Tricky Business
It's one thing to imagine how an ancient technology worked and quite another to actually get your hands dirty trying it. That's the whole idea behind "experimental archaeology"and the experiments Dan Jeffery is conducting with bloomery furnaces. Jeffery is studying bloomery furnaces that were used to make iron and steel in Europe and the United States up until about 200 years ago. These furnaces also have a long history in many cultures, stretching back more than 2,000 years. Nuclear Medicine Approach Can Be First Choice For Excluding Pulmonary
Young women at risk of having a pulmonary embolism -- a potential life-threatening blockage in a lung artery -- should first undergo a ventilation/perfusion lung scan rather than a CT angiogram, conclude authors in an article published in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Jan. 8, 2004: Long Live the Queen
Planes are efficient and will deliver you to your destination quickly, but real travelers know that the journey itself is half the trip. And nothing replaces an ocean liner for accomplishing that. Compiled by Tony Long. Cult of Mac: Apple Plotting an Avon Power Play?
When cosmetics chief Andrea Jung joins the Cupertino juggernaut, it raises the question: What is Steve Jobs hiding up his sleeve? Commentary by Leander Kahney. Breast Cancer Risk: Breast Density Gene Located
Studying the DNA of 889 people, gene hunters have identified a region on chromosome 5p that is significantly associated with dense breast tissue, a known risk factor for breast cancer. The study suggests that genes which influence breast density could serve as a predictive marker for disease and provide a biological target for agents that may reduce breast cancer risk by reducing breast density. Women with dense breasts -- meaning the breast has a smaller proportion of fat relative to stromal and epithelial tissues - are three to five times more likely to develop breast cancer than women with less dense breasts. Big Pharma Spends More On Advertising Than Research And Development, S
A new study estimates the U.S. pharmaceutical industry spends almost twice as much on promotion as it does on research and development, contrary to the industry's claim. The U.S. pharmaceutical industry spent 24.4% of the sales dollar in 2004 on promotion, versus 13.4% for research and development, as a percentage of US domestic sales of US$235.4 billion. The study's findings supports the position that the U.S. pharmaceutical industry is marketing-driven and challenges the perception of a research-driven, life-saving, pharmaceutical industry. 'Two-week Wait Rule'Is Failing Breast Cancer Patients, Study Suggests
The 'two-week wait rule'is failing breast cancer patients and needs to be reviewed urgently say the authors of a seven-year study examining the impact of the target. At the end of the last century death rates from breast cancer in the UK were among the highest in Europe. Long waiting lists, resulting in delayed diagnosis and treatment, were thought to be partly responsible. In 1998 the Department of Health brought in the '2 week wait rule'which stipulated that by April 1999 all patients with suspected breast cancer should be seen by a specialist within two weeks of referral by a GP.
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