Here’s a nice summary of where things stand in the “post-genomic” world of “molecular medicine” vis-a-vis cancer. It’s from the U Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Some quotes:

This appeared over the weekend in my local paper. Suggests that the effort to reduce smoking has plateaued and that the money from the tobacco settlement has been squandered by governments.

Article from today’s NY Times reflects different points of view about cancer prevention. After you get past stopping smoking there is more ambivalence and confusion about what is preventable. Often the public has an exaggerated sense of cancer risk, so they may not have an accurate perception of what nutrition, for instance, and weght reduction can do to reduce risk. ...

E-Commerce Report: American Web Sites Speak the Language of Overseas Users Article about how many US Web sites are running in multiple languages, especially Chinese. I’ve read that somewhere around 2005 the proportion of Web users who speak some form of Chinese will pass 50% and never look back. Hey, maybe FI Space should run in Chinese too. June?