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Groomed for Success Most U.S. Treasury Secretaries come to the job after long careers on Wall Street (Paulson, Robert Rubin), in industry (John Snow, Paul O'Neill) or in politics (Lloyd Bentsen). Geithner, born 14 days after Obama, will, by contrast, be one of the youngest Treasury Secretaries ever, and he will land in the office at one of the most critical junctures in U.S. economic history. But his elevation to the top job at Treasury has long been expected. Geithner has been doing older people's jobs for years. I first met him 18 years ago, when we were...
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...Being born premature is fraught with complications: in addition to their underdeveloped lungs and digestive systems, which make breathing and blood-sugar regulation difficult, many preemies also suffer long-term consequences in brain development. But researchers report that there may be a way to make up for some of that cognitive deficit: taking an over-the-counter supplement...
...reason enough to ask mothers of premature girls to start popping fish-oil capsules? Probably not, says Dr. David Adamkin, director of neonatal medicine at University of Louisville. "This study looks at giving babies nutrients that we know they don't get enough of in utero because they are born too early," he says. "While an 18-month follow up is okay, an eight-year follow up is going to be much better. We need more time to see if these differences are really going to persist...
Makrides plans to continue following the 657 premature babies in the study for another seven years, periodically testing their mental function. "Studies suggest that girls and boys who are born prematurely are indeed different in brain development," she says. "They actually don't have equivalent scores until about seven years of age. We will continue to follow these children until they are seven and we will be able to work out whether the effects seen at 18 months persist, and whether they are permanent...