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...Precise as the MHC-detection system is, it can be confounded. One thing that throws us off the scent is the birth-control pill. Women who are on the Pill-which chemically simulates pregnancy-tend to choose wrong in the T-shirt test. When they discontinue the daily hormone dose, the protective smell mechanism kicks back in. "A colleague of mine wonders if the Pill may contribute to divorce," says Wysocki. "Women pick a husband when they're on birth control, then quit to have a baby and realize they've made a mistake...
...Romney also believes that our economy needs a healthy dose of market competition, not populism, to maintain its strength. Romney’s America will compete with China not by erecting trade barriers, but by keeping taxes low and regulations...
Instead of going out in style, the Harvard men's hockey team ended 2007 with a double dose of disappointment.Unable to capitalize on multiple power-play opportunities, the No. 15 Crimson suffered back-to-back losses against Ohio State (6-14-2, 2-9-1 CCHA) and No. 16 St. Cloud State (9-9-2, 4-7-1 WCHA) at the Ohio Hockey Classic last weekend. ST. CLOUD STATE 4, HARVARD 1In Sunday's consolation game, Harvard ((6-6-2, 5-3-1 ECAC) certainly wasn't sitting on cloud nine. Hindered by numerous penalties, the Crimson watched St. Cloud...
Outside of New England, fans are howling about Belichick and his team. For a healthy dose of anti-Pats vitriol, just visit the I Hate New England Patriots and Evil Patriots blogs on the Web. Belichick is asked if this venom gets under his shredded collar. He cites The Best and the Brightest, the late David Halberstam's classic analysis of Vietnam-era leaders who were more obsessed with winning the public-relations battle than the actual fight on the ground. "I think David's book is a good example of how not to do it," Belichick tells TIME...
...pain medication or individual attention but no massage. Dr. Daniel Hinshaw, a surgeon in the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and one of the study's co-authors, says that when asked a day after surgery, some patients reported that massage delivered about as much pain relief as a dose from a morphine drip. Hinshaw suggests that massage functions by creating a competing sensation to block pain or by generating endorphin-like chemicals in the body, which reduce pain and promote a sense of well-being. He also notes the crucial - and often forgotten - role of touch in medicine: Human...