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...supplements from birth onward, for a variable time period, and were tracked for some 15 to 30 years, according to Dr. Christos Zipitis, a pediatrician with the Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and lead author of the new paper, which appears online this week in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. Types and doses of vitamin D supplements varied, and were not always reported, but Zipitis says supplementation was roughly 10 mcg, or 400 I.U., of vitamin D daily - the amount typically found in infant multivitamins. Based on data from three case-control studies involving 6,455 participants, the new paper...
...that’s been told over andover in other forms: exceptional youngwoman confronts the world, falters atfirst, but eventually finds herself. In thisversion, Haruko is a privileged but normalgirl growing up in Tokyo duringWorld War II. (As Schwartz writes withcharacteristic limpness, “One might saythat my childhood insularity was a formof hereditary protection in whose shade,like a pale, delicate mushroom, I grew.”)She excels at sports, and one fateful daymeets and beats the Crown Prince in agame of tennis. The Prince falls in lovewith her beautiful spirit, and so beginsthe rest...
...gives Taraa message for her mother: “Tell her thisis the first day of the rest of her life—itwasn’t before, but now it is.”In another memorable scene, Robb’sappearance symbolizes too blatantly herawkward transition from childhood toadolescence; she dons pink glasses androller skates while she lights up a cigaretteand starts puffing. Obvious momentslike this detract significantly froma film that attempts to create a subtlenarrative with its understated tone andunhurried plot.Although the script leaves much to bedesired, the film is beautifully shot, capturingimages of impoverished neighborhoodsand ramshackle...
...Favorite childhood toy: A stuffed whale from Seaworld...
That decision, however, comes as a surprise to experts on mitochondrial disorders. In response to the Poling case, the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation has released a statement saying, "There are no scientific studies documenting that childhood vaccinations cause mitochondrial diseases or worsen mitochondrial disease symptoms...