American civil procedure

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Sabrina McCormick

This book presents evidence of environmental links to breast cancer, ranging from everyday cosmetics to industrial waste. The author weaves the story of one survivor with no family history into a powerful exploration of the big business of breast cancer. As drugs, pink products, and corporate sponsorships generate enormous revenue to find a cure, a growing number of experts argue that we should instead increase focus on prevention-reducing environmental exposures that have contributed to the sharp increase of breast cancer rates. But the dollars continue to pour into the search for a cure, and the companies that profit, including some pharmaceutical and cosmetics companies, may in fact contribute to the environmental causes of breast cancer. This book shows how profits drive our public focus on the cure rather than prevention, and suggests new ways to reduce breast cancer rates in the future.

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Louis Klarevas

In the past decade, no individual act of violence has killed more people in the United States than the mass shooting. This well-researched, forcefully argued book answers some of the most pressing questions facing our society: Why do people go on killing sprees? Are gun-free zones magnets for deadly rampages? What can we do to curb the carnage of this disturbing form of firearm violence? Contrary to conventional wisdom, the author shows that gun possession often prods aggrieved, mentally unstable individuals to go on shooting sprees; these attacks largely occur in places where guns are not prohibited by law; and sensible gun-control measures like the federal Assault Weapons Ban--which helped drastically reduce rampage violence when it was in effect--are instrumental to keeping Americans safe from mass shootings in the future. To stem gun massacres, the author proposes several original policy prescriptions, ranging from the enactment of sensible firearm safety reforms to an overhaul of how the justice system investigates potential active-shooter threats and prosecutes violent crimes. Calling attention to the growing problem of mass shootings, Rampage Nation demonstrates that this unique form of gun violence is more than just a criminal justice offense or public health scourge. It is a threat to American security. --Amazon.com.

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Marie Savard, with Carol Svec

Arguing that a woman's body shape is an indicator of her future health, a lifestyle guide discusses the biological factors that correspond with a range of diseases while recommending specific diet, exercise, and treatment options.

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Lloyd Ren Sloan and B. James Starr

Minorities long have been underrepresented in the fields of science and engineering; in recent years, for example, only about 6 percent of all doctorates conferred in those fields were awarded to minority candidates. The Career Opportunities in Research Education and Training (COR) Program - formerly known as the Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program - was established by the National Institute of Mental Health to encourage minority students to choose science careers and, particularly, careers in the fields of mental health and mental illness. The COR Program provides funds to colleges and universities with high proportions of minority students in order to train future scientists by pairing undergraduates with working scientists, researchers, and educators in the students' areas of interest. The undergraduate-and-mentor pairs then conduct real-world research and document the results in the form of scientific papers. Pathways to Success is a compilation of papers from twenty-two such research studies conducted in NIMH-COR programs located around the United States.