Day: November 25, 2004

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“Drunk science” called into question

Federal government reports on the comparison of drinking habits between European and American teenagers are flawed, says Reason magazine. Proponents of raising the drinking age continually cite a 2001 study from the U.S. Department of Justice that concluded Europe’s liberal drinking laws contributed to more insobriety among European teenagers than

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Express lanes: a feasible alternative

Express Lanes are an efficient method of reducing traffic congestion without spending billions of dollars on light rail, says transportation expert Robert Poole of Florida’s James Madison Institute.

For example, drivers on Express Lanes would pay a higher toll during rush hour traffic conditions that during other times of the day,

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Fatigue, lack of sleep contributing to doctor errors

First-year medical residents who work too many hours make significantly more medical errors and have more lapses in attention because of fatigue than those who got more sleep, find two new studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Researchers observed residents over a six-week period, three weeks of which

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AIDS drugs cheaper in India but U.S. not buying

The U.S. Government is paying twice as much for many of the drugs in its global AIDS programme than other international organisations, reports the Wall Street Journal.

A draft report by the Government Accountability Office shows that the United States is paying $562 per person annually while other international AIDS groups

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Job loss in U.S. due to off-shoring is insignificant

The movement of technology jobs overseas is a growing practice but appears to have a minor impact on the overall U.S. economy, according to a new government study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

The report’s main findings include:

The relocation of jobs overseas accounted for 13,000 or 0.9 percent of

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