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...have the average life expectancy at birth of about 75 years; females can expect to live about five years longer. Like gender, the most important factors in determining longevity are out of your control: online calculators ask what how long your parents and grandparents lived as a way of assessing your family's medical history. "In order to live a long life, you have to begin by having won the genetic lottery," Olshansky says. "Then you have to avoid getting...
...least that's what patients like Cristina Pena hope for. Now a 22-year-old college student in Los Angeles, Pena was infected at birth by her mother, who was unaware that Pena's father, now deceased, had transmitted the virus to her before she became pregnant. Pena knows nothing but living with HIV, although she didn't always know what HIV was. When Pena was young, her mother told her that the medications she took every day were for ear infections, and, Pena says, "you believe your parents." When she was nine, she finally asked her mother about...
...reasoning that led to the demise of the CLC and the birth of the CEB is carried to its logical end in Brian’s plan. A newly proposed grants board would consist of students elected specifically for the purpose of financial administration. A student government services board would consist of those who want to manage basic student needs, such as supporting student groups and the student body. The third member of the overarching Harvard undergraduate student government would be the already thriving CEB, and the fourth member would be our familiar UC—now able to focus...
...world - the U.S.'s PEPFAR program and the Global Fund - will follow suit. And merely funneling drugs to the youngest patients won't stem the growing tide of children infected with HIV - the most common source of new infections among children now is through mother-to-child transmission at birth. Without proper prenatal prevention programs aimed at young mothers, the number of children newly infected each year will continue to climb. Once they reach the youngsters, health-care workers and families will need to work together to ensure that kids continue taking their medicines - one the biggest challenges that young...
...friends in Washington to demand an immediate cease-fire, but his pleas went unheeded. In what was perceived as a green light for Israel to continue its campaign in pursuit of a military victory over Hizballah, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice memorably told the Lebanese they were suffering "the birth pangs of a New Middle East...