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Focusing on a single, well-defined sample group that, in the case of the migraine study, was descended from 22 related couples, helped clarify what proportion of risk was attributable to heredity rather than environment. "What's fabulous about this study is that they were able to isolate a population...
To both physicians, the biggest mystery may be the power of cocaine addiction itself. Some of Graf's patients waited months before seeking help, as patches of painful, blackened skin continued to grow - and some continued to use cocaine despite learning that it caused their immune problems and that they...
Nina, the sweet and modest neighborhood prodigy, won a scholarship to Stanford. Yet Nina is torn between the many stresses of her school environment, exacerbated by the hope that her parents and the rest of the neighborhood have in her. The contrast between Beltran’s joie de vivre...
Rumors that U.S. soldiers had desecrated the Koran sparked a violent protest in the southern province of Helmand last week. Rioters turned their fury on the local offices of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), whose intelligence officers then fired on the crowd, killing eight. The Americans were blamed - just...
“I think [we] feel comfortable at home...with training there day after day,” Crimson coach Jason Saretsky said. “[The meet] turned out to be just what we needed—a good competition in a low-key environment.?...