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...worth the associated health risks, women have been frustrated and confused about what to do as they go through menopause. Part of the problem is that the whi study was never designed to look at menopause. Participants were mostly in their 60s, when more and more women begin suffering heart attacks, and not their late 40s and early 50s, when most women eventually stop menstruating. But as data presented in San Diego recently at the annual meeting of the North American Menopause Society make clear, when you go on hormone therapy - if you choose...
...Begin with a bang Dive in with a catchy opening. Don't start by explaining how you picked a topic, apologizing or thanking people. The first two minutes are crucial in grabbing listeners' attention...
That doesn't mean some sort of battle won't be waged, especially now that both sides have two months before Alito's confirmation hearings begin in early January. On the contrary. Far from a stealth candidate like Miers, who only a month ago was being praised by Bush for not being from the "judicial monastery," Alito has "more prior judicial experience than any Supreme Court nominee in more than 70 years," as the President noted. Alito's voluminous record, including some 300 opinions, offers a wealth of material for both sides to pick over. Within days of his nomination...
...humans are an ambitious species, it's clear we're not the only one. Many animals are known to signal their ambitious tendencies almost from birth. Even before wolf pups are weaned, they begin sorting themselves out into alphas and all the others. The alphas are quicker, more curious, greedier for space, milk, Mom--and they stay that way for life. Alpha wolves wander widely, breed annually and may live to a geriatric 10 or 11 years old. Lower-ranking wolves enjoy none of these benefits--staying close to home, breeding rarely and usually dying before they...
...points and close out the match.“Our ball control was on for most of the game, but in the fifth game it sort of broke down for us,” Blotky said. “If our offense isn’t on to begin with, then it makes things really difficult.”The Crimson encountered no such problems in the second game. Hitting an astounding .531, Harvard posted 19 kills and only two attack errors to steamroll past the Lions and tie the match at one frame apiece.Carrying this momentum into game three...