The main problem is that too many men are unnecessarily treated for cancers that will ultimately prove to be of little harm.
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South-East Asia's subsidy-slashing is doing it plenty of good and little harm, says David Fyfe of the International Energy Agency.
For many, a statistically remote probability of harm is little comfort.
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Investors were relieved last week when Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced a long-anticipated round of budget cuts that did surprisingly little harm to major weapons programs.
Broadly, the solution is for governments to pursue their political aims in ways that harm the rest of the world as little as possible.
Claims that Mr Ponta plagiarised 85 pages of his PhD thesis seem to have done him little harm (he fired the academic-integrity body that upheld the charges).
"One can see how for prisoners in this situation, where there is no light at the end of the tunnel, there is little incentive and a great deal of frustration, and that is what leads to the harm to emotional and mental wellbeing, " Mr Lodder said.
Antitrust authorities in India or Australia may fear that the merger will harm their consumers, but because little of the two firms' business is in their countries be powerless to act.
And most of the measures actually taken will do little good, if not outright harm.
As a result, doctors have little idea how best to treat those at most risk of serious harm.
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Admittedly, the range of new potions is bewildering, but there is little evidence that they do much harm.
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In industrial countries, remarkably little evidence exists to suggest that the volatility of floating exchange rates does in fact harm trade or investment.
The inspection found little evidence of bullying and Mr Hardwick said women at risk of suicide or self-harm were generally well cared for.
Angela, 65, from Gloucestershire, started to self-harm when she was a little girl, which she says began because of her poor relationship with her father.
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