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...declining menhaden population isn't the only concern swimming around fish-based omega-3 supplements. Mercury consumption is another, as are the needs of vegetarians. The good news there is that plant sources like flaxseed and canola oils have one of the omega-3 fatties, alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). The bad news is that they don't contain docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) or eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), the more important omega-3 nutrients. Our bodies can convert ALA into DHA and EPA, but the process is limited and slow. (See "The Year in Health 2009: From...
...Green fans, reportedly men’s soccer players and Alpha Delta fraternity members, peppered uncreative criticisms (“dick”, “****sucker”) and standard chauvinist jabs directed at the women (“whores,” “sluts”) with some food-related fare, reportedly inquiring as to whether captain Frank E. Cohen '10 had a preference for bagels. They later defended the comments as a reference to his having zero games at the time, but his parents took the remark to be anti-Semitic...
...exchange student accused of killing her British roommate, explaining the murder of Meredith Kercher in terms of saint vs. sinner. In final arguments, Perugia's public prosecutor Giuliano Mignini said the American slit her roommate's throat on the night of Nov. 1, 2007, driven by sexual desire and alpha-female competitiveness. Asking for a life sentence with nine months' isolation, Mignini said "La Knox" wanted a sex "game" and used her feminine wiles to manipulate two besotted young men - one of whom is already convicted, the other on trial with her - into restraining Kercher while she plunged a kitchen...
...there may be solutions that physicians could begin implementing today to the problem of preterm births among these populations. A drug known as 17-alpha hydroxyprogesterone, for example, has been shown to reduce the rate of premature birth in women who have previously had high-risk pregnancies or unexplained early births. On the fertility front, transferring fewer embryos for each pregnancy cycle could help lower the multiple-gestation rate and thereby bring down the risk of premature births. Educating women about the importance of a full-term pregnancy and the risk factors that are associated with premature births is also...
Wilson isn't finished buying. His Alpha Broadcasting hopes to buy another station in Portland, and when revenues hit $10 million, he'll go after another city in the West. It all sounds like the actions of a confident man, but perhaps Alpha's logo is telling. It's a picture of his rescue dog Bear. "It looks like he's cocky and winking at you," says Wilson. "But really he just...