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December 16, 2004
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December 16, 2004
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Getting the lead out
Debra Schaumberg and her colleagues have found that the lead in your legs may put fog in your eyes. Despite an ongoing national effort to limit lead exposure, most adults in the United States have accumulated a substantial amount of this noxious metal in their bones, which Schaumberg's study ties to an increased risk of cataracts. (Staff photo Rose Lincoln/Harvard News Office) Full story
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Lead raises risk for cataracts
Exposure remains commonplace
Ninety percent of Iraq wounded survive
Firepower increases, deaths decrease with changes in battle medicine
Alcock sees big things in CfA's future
New director shepherds large projects
Hoxby releases new findings on charter schools
Longevity improves student achievement
Research in brief
Human trials may be in sight for herpes vaccine, and more
Rabin wins Israel's EMET Prize
Future flu epidemic 'controllable' through rapid vaccination
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