【正文】 iolence at some point in their lives. About half of the violence the men experienced was physical. However, the physical violence men reported wasn39。s a good idea to wear firmfitting clothes if you are on a diet. Tight clothing acts as a reminder of what you are trying to acplish. 1 Better Control of TB Seen If a Faster Cure Is Found The World Health Organization1 estimates that about onethird of all people are infected with bacteria that cause tuberculosis . Most times, the infection remains inactive. But each year about eight million people develop active cases of TB, usually in their lungs. Two million people die of of it. The disease has increased with the spread of AIDS and drugresistant forms of tuberculosis. Current treatments take at least six months. People have to take a bination of several antibiotic drugs daily. But many people stop as soon as they feel better. Doing that can lead to an infection that resists treatment. Public health experts agree that a fasteracting cure for tuberculosis would be more effective. Now a study estimates just how effective it might be. A professor of international health at Harvard University2 led the study. Joshua Salomon says a shorter treatment program would likely mean not just more patients cured. It would also mean 3 fewer infectious patients who can pass on their infection to others. The researchers developed a mathematical model to examine the effects of a twomonth treatment plan. They tested the model with current TB conditions in Southeast Asia. The scientists found that a twomonth treatment could prevent about twenty percent of new cases. And it might prevent about twentyfive percent of TB deaths. The model shows that these reductions would take place between two thousand twelve and two thousand thirty. That is, if a faster cure is developed and in wide use by two thousand twelve. The World Health Organization reductions the DOTS3 program in nieen niy. DOTS is Directly Observed Treatment, Shortcourse. Health workers watch tuberculosis patients take their daily pills to make sure they continue treatment. Earlier this year, an international partnership of anizations announced a plan to expand the DOTS program. The tenyear plan also aims to finance research into new TB drugs. The four most mon drugs used now are more than forty years old. The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development4 says its longterm goal is a treatment that could work in as few as ten doses. 3 One Good Reason to Let Smallpox Live It’s now a fair bet that we will never see the total extinction of the smallpox virus. The idea was to cap the glorious achievement of 1980, when smallpox was eradicated in the wild, by destroying the killer virus in the last two labs that are supposed to have it— one in the US and one in Russia. If smallpox had truly gone from the pla, what point was there in keeping these reserves? in reality, of course, it was naive to imagine that everyone would let go of such a potential weapon. Undoubtedly several nations still have a few much vials. And the last “official” stocks of lice virus bred mistrust of the US and Russia, for no obvious gain. Now American researchers have found an animal model of the human disease, opening the way for tests on new treatments and vaccines. So one again there’s a good reason to keep the virus— just in case the disease puts in a reappearance. How do we_deal with the mistrust of the US and Russia? Simple Keep the virus under international auspices in a wellguarded UN laboratory that’s open to all countries. The US will object,