gist, gerontologist, craniology, tanning, sunscreen

  Ask Well: Nanoparticles in Sunscreens

By DEBORAH BLUM

A reader asks: Are there risks from nanoparticles of titanium in sunscreens?

Genetically modified maize causes cancer: that was the gist of a study, among the most controversial in recent memory, published in September 2012 in the journal, Food and Chemical Toxicology. Well, actually, it doesn't. On November 28th the journal bowed to a storm of criticism and retracted the paper http://econ.st/1hsZMvI

Helping others make good decisions by pointing them in the direction they want to go is called "being helpful", and has nothing to do with paternalism. Paternalism has to do with making people go in a direction they don't want to go. The gist of paternalism is that it takes away choices other people think are bad for us to make http://econ.st/13t2JRW

 

 

 

'Long For This World: The Strange Science of Immortality'

By JONATHAN WEINER
Reviewed by ABRAHAM VERGHESE 

A Pulitzer Prize-winning writer examines the scientific battle against aging through the bizzare career of the English gerontologist Aubrey de Grey.

 

 

When Tanning Turns Into an Addiction

By JANE E. BRODY

Despite sunscreen and warnings from dermatologists, millions of Americans abuse the rays that in small doses aid health but in larger doses can destroy it.


sunscreen
Line breaks: sun|screen
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌnskriːn    /
NOUN

[MASS NOUN]
1A cream or lotion rubbed on to the skin to protect it from the sun:
she brings along plenty of sunscreen
[COUNT NOUN]: use high-factor sunscreens
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1.1 [COUNT NOUN] An active ingredient of creams and lotions intended to protect skin from the sun:
moisturizers with sunscreens
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cra·ni·ol·o·gy (krā'nē-ŏl'ə-jē)

n. 頭蓋學
The scientific study of the characteristics of the skull, such as size and shape, especially in humans.

craniological cra'ni·o·log'i·cal (-ə-lŏj'ĭ-kəl) adj.
craniologically cra'ni·o·log'i·cal·ly adv.
craniologist cra'ni·ol'o·gist n.

 

gist

Pronunciation: /dʒɪst/

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noun

[in singular]

• 1  the substance or general meaning of a speech or text:it was hard to get the gist of Pedro’s talk

• 2 Law the real point of an action: damage is the gist of the action and without it the plaintiff must fail

Origin:

early 18th century: from Old French, third person singular present tense of gesir 'to lie', from Latin jacere. The Anglo-French legal phrase cest action gist 'this action lies' denoted that there were sufficient grounds to proceed; gist was adopted into English denoting the grounds themselves (sense 2)