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...syndromes. Knowing the exact location of these genes is the first step towards finding ways to cure or even prevent such diseases. And by comparing the human genome to the genetic code of other organisms, we can begin to find answers to some of our most basic questions about evolution...
EDITOR'S NOTE: TIME Daily writer Frank Pellegrini, at a ripe 27 years, has taken a leave of absence to join the Army Reserve. He is undergoing basic training - boot camp - and then will spend several months in an Army journalism school. Given the difficulty the forces are experiencing in recruiting young people these days, we think his experiences and impressions are worth sharing. Here is the ninth missive; others will be posted as they arrive...
According to the National Alliance for Caregiving, a "typical" caregiver is a 46-year-old woman, married and working, who spends around 18 hours a week caring for her elderly mother. Caregivers normally provide transportation and do grocery shopping and household chores in addition to assisting with the more basic aspects of daily living, such as bathing, dressing and feeding...
Though he maintains his role as a Pepperdine law professor, an author of 17 books and a contributor to Slate, The American Spectator and the Washington Post, the smartest man on basic cable is most animated when talking about Hollywood and its beautiful women. Perhaps Stein's oddest avocation is being a financial guru to hookers. "Aside from practicing pimps, nobody knows as many call girls as I do," he says. It began when Stein was a columnist for the Journal, spending his afternoons by the pool in his West Hollywood apartment building, which was populated by call girls...
...community. Other health systems have found creative solutions to accommodate both women's health needs and the church's position--through an independent provider or separate funding source. Without practical alternatives, women across America could be left without the affordable reproductive health care that is the most basic to women during their child-bearing years. ALEXANDER C. SANGER, PRESIDENT Planned Parenthood New York City...