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...long to breast-feed a child has probably been going on as long as children have been breast-fed. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that babies nurse for six months and, if possible, for 12 or more. (Iron-fortified infant formula can be substituted, if necessary, but no cow's milk for a full year.) Twelve months is a long time, however, especially for working mothers. I asked June Reinisch, former director of the Kinsey Institute and one of the authors of the J.A.M.A. study, what she advises. "More is better" as far as IQ is concerned, she says...
...that makes babies so smart? Reinisch suspects there is a component of mother's milk that either protects the central nervous system or stimulates its development. The likeliest candidate: a long-chain polyunsaturated acid known as DHA that is found in human milk but not in infant formula or cow's milk. Today's infant formulas, by the way, are fortified with a precursor of DHA called ala and may offer some of the same benefits...
...seem to have the weight of history on their side. "A business strategy that alienates your customer base isn't a good strategy," says Andreessen. "The most productive way to solve the problem is to satisfy demand." CDs saved music in 1985; perhaps some modest fencing around the cash cow of CD burning can save the industry again in 2003. --With reporting by Daren Fonda/New York and Jeff Chu/London
...outperformed a collagen-based substance by a 6-to-1 ratio. Unlike collagen, which lasts only about three months for some patients, Restylane can last six months or longer, doctors say. And because it's a non-animal-based gel created in the lab (bovine collagen is made from cow tissue), it doesn't cause allergic reactions, as collagen does in a few patients. That means no waiting six weeks for allergy-test results before you can try it. "It will be a boon for the patient who says, 'I have a wedding in two weeks,'" says Dr. Rhoda...
...production line of a dingy Chinese factory. The sheer variety of sex toys, both anatomically correct and physiologically implausible, being readied for shipment from Wenzhou Loves Health Products is disturbing. But as company president Wu Wei says, "Everyone has their own taste." Which, hopefully, explains the inflatable cow?a black-spotted Holstein?tucked in the corner. "The cow is ordered by European companies," Wu says, "maybe because Westerners treat animals more equally...