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...essence of the $250 system is simple: a belt, with two speakers in a pouch, to be fastened around the mother's abdomen. A series of 16 audiotapes, dubbed the "cardiac curriculum," plays an increasingly complicated pattern of heartbeat-like sounds (one mother describes them as African drumbeats) to the unborn infant...
...sure to fuel the controversy surrounding a question that should have been answered long ago: What is the safest position in which to put a newborn down to sleep? Pediatricians in some European countries recommend placing infants on their side, while most American doctors still opt for the abdomen. Kemp's advice to parents: "Don't put your baby in a position where something soft can cover its face...
...explanation is that fluctuating weight may so stress the body that blood pressure and cholesterol levels become elevated. Men appeared to face greater risk of ill effects than women, possibly because they tend to store excess fat in the abdomen, while women carry it around the hips and thighs. Fat from the belly is more easily mobilized and sent into the bloodstream, where it can clog vital blood vessels. Psychologist Kelly Brownell of Yale University, who directed the study, emphasizes that the findings do not condemn dieting. Rather, they indicate that people need to set realistic goals and be committed...
...statistics of violence are chilling. The FBI reports that a woman is beaten by her husband or lover every 15 seconds in this country. During pregnancy, this abuse--usually directed at a woman's face--regularly shifts to her abdomen. More than one-third of female victims of homocide are killed by their partners. Also according to the FBI, one woman in three will be raped in her lifetime. And a study of colleges around the country showed that one woman in five can expect to be raped during college...
...returned the fire, hitting Morales in the abdomen...