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Breast cancer deaths fell 58% (1975-2019) with screening and treatment improvements, Stanford study.

<p>Treatment of metastatic disease is responsible for nearly one-third of the decrease in annual deaths from breast cancer from 1975 to 2019, according to a Stanford Medicine-led study.</p>

Andrew Wilson’s alma mater continues to develop excellent breaststrokers as the Denison Invite kicked off with long course time trials. (Jake Meyer pictured)

This week's links include a podcast on African firm experiments, issues using text analysis and causal inference, a conference in an unusual MidWestern place, and more...

Weekly links April 9: Indian education policy, rubber banding as anti-poverty strategy, problems with complicated PAPs, publishing tips, and more… ·       BU’s The Brink on Mario Kart as an analogy for what social and economic programs need to do “the idea is a lot like the way that Mario Kart gives players falling behind in the race the best power-ups, designed to bump them towards the front of the pack and keep them in the race. Meanwhile, faster players in the front don’t get ...