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ANCHOR LEAD: DO ADVANCES IN THE TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER OBVIATE THE NEED FOR MAMMOGRAMS? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS There’s no question the treatment of breast cancer has improved a great deal, such that some people advance the opinion that regular …
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ANCHOR LEAD: WHAT ARE THE UPSIDES AND DOWNSIDES OF MAMMOGRAPHY? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Mammography prevents death from breast cancer in only a few women screened, yet causes many more to undergo treatment that isn’t needed, and identifies hundreds who then …
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ANCHOR LEAD: ARE WE HEADED TOWARD HUMAN EXTINCTION? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS While the prospect of human extinction has been on the radar probably as long as we have existed, Thomas Malthus really put the concept into public consciousness in the …
ANCHOR LEAD: HOW CAN YOU GET INFORMATION ABOUT SAFETY IN COUNTRIES YOU’RE VISITING? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Road safety is a big killer of Americans abroad, more than infectious disease and terrorism, and now research from Johns Hopkins by David Bishai …
