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...level of LDL, or "bad cholesterol." No one knows if that's a healthy trade-off or for whom. Pregnant women in particular should be careful about fish-oil supplements. Taking cod liver oil, for example, can lead to an overdose of vitamin A, which can in turn cause birth defects. Some nutritionists speculate that omega-6 fatty acids--found in corn and many other vegetable oils--may limit the health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids. But here again, the evidence is incomplete. "We have a long way to go before we understand the minimal amount of omega...
...woman wants to have an abortion. It is a physically and emotionally painful procedure, but sometimes it is the only means to retain control of one's life and future. Certainly, it is not a decision taken lightly. When birth-control methods fail, it's the woman who pays, the woman who carries the child, delivers it and rears it--sometimes without financial support from the father and on a lower salary than a man would earn. You would have to be blind not to see that an unwanted pregnancy can be devastating to a woman's future. LEYLAND RYAN...
...outside the bubble, made the acquaintance of "real people," though only people who have led a pretty unreal life ever refer to people as real people. His father's first race was in 1964, when George W. was already 18. Gore, on the other hand, soaked in politics from birth. His mom and dad were born poor; her bridal bouquet was an armful of weeds he scooped up on the roadside. Gore's father saw government as a means of making life fairer. "Nothing cures poverty like money," Gore Sr. would say, and he believed in rearranging it as necessary...
...good taste ends there. Just as you begin to think that the festival isn't really that sick, on comes a "Birth of Abomination" flick in which a buck-toothed, blue-haired individual named Motormouth swallows the newborn infant of a prostitute, leaving the umbilical cord dangling from his mouth like a string of spaghetti. And then comes the "Sloaches(tm) Fun House." I'm not even getting into the "Sloaches(tm) Fun House"-The Crimson, after all, is a family paper...
...will not be available from pharmacies and all women who choose to take Mifepristone must consent to a surgical abortion if the drug fails because it can cause birth defects to the fetus. With such safety guards in place, UHS should feel confident and be willing to make the drug available to Harvard students...