Daily Archives: March 12, 2010

“Toughest race” lets men (and women) get in touch with their inner commando

by Hans Eisenbeis WHAT’S HAPPENING In the world of endurance sports, there’s been a slow but steady escalation from marathons to ultramarathons, fun-runs to eco-challenges. Now a new race circuit has developed that seems a mashup of Iron Man athleticism and Burning Man primitivism. Billed as the world’s toughest one-day endurance race on the planet, […]

Vaccine-autism link retracted, 12 years later

by Abby Shannon WHAT’S HAPPENING After a multi-year investigation behind the claims of U.K. doctor Andrew Wakefield, reputable medical journal The Lancet retracted his 1998 paper that linked the childhood measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism (CNN.com 2.2.10). Wakefield was found to have acted unethically — conducting invasive and unnecessary medical procedures to […]

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