oktober 06, 2008

links for 2008-10-05

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oktober 15, 2008

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oktober 16, 2008

links for 2008-10-15

  • "Owning a home also ties workers down. Even in the best of times, the costs and hassle of selling one home and buying another — one estimate put the average cost of a house move at more than $60,000 — tend to make workers reluctant to go where the jobs are." "Finally, there’s the cost of commuting. Buying a home usually though not always means buying a single-family house in the suburbs, often a long way out, where land is cheap. In an age of $4 gas and concerns about climate change, that’s an increasingly problematic choice."
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  • Just as big a problem as the erratic quality of scans is the tendency of doctors and patients to rely on them too much.

    “There’s been a shift in medicine toward relying on imaging instead of a history and examination,” Dr. Jarvik said.



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oktober 27, 2008

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