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...higher multiples--most of whom are born early. But it turns out that 83% of preemies in the U.S. are singletons whose prematurity can be caused by any number of factors, including bacterial infections, ruptured membranes, cervical abnormalities, high blood pressure, stress, inflammation and the effects of smoking and alcohol consumption...
...make a dent in the problem, the March of Dimes is trying what medical director Dr. Nancy Green calls a "kitchen-sink approach." Much of its focus is on the nuts and bolts of a healthy pregnancy: screening for bacterial infections, watching for signs of domestic violence, discouraging alcohol consumption, encouraging smoking cessation (1 in 4 pregnant women in Kentucky smokes), monitoring weight gain and nutritional intake and, when necessary, giving drugs to prevent preterm labor. Weekly injections of a progesterone-based drug after week 16, for example, can reduce the recurrence of premature births by one-third...
...greatness can only be defined by its opposition, and if you don’t show up, what will we be defined by? Who was Batman without the Joker? The Allies without the Axis? Mel Gibson without Jews and alcohol? In this comic book world, you have been given the ultimate of superpowers: the ability to live again to die again. So go forth from your homes, you pale, sickly malcontents. Three hundred and five years of inferiority beg you to die again on Saturday...
...College also originally planned to allow private parties on Thursday night but changed it “back to a normal weekend,” Drake said. He added that the decision was made in consultation with various parties, including the Harvard University Police Department, the Office for Alcohol and Other Drug Services, the Dean’s Office, and House masters...
Groups who are interested in hosting Harvard-Yale related events did have access, however, to financial resources from the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Services to subsidize food and other non-alcoholic purchases, according to the office’s Director Ryan Travia...