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...babies. It's been going on for 33 years so in 33 years there have been a handful of problems," says Steinberg. "It's not cookbook medicine. Every single case, every single couple, every single single woman is a unique situation and regulations tend to address things in general...
...group of researchers at Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital have published findings on a new, more accurate method to predict stroke risk through a statistical model that screens for thousands of potentially stroke-causing genes. The model—called a Bayesian network—differs from existing methods that examine only the effect of a single factor, instead allowing researchers to study the interaction of multiple genes. The study, released last month, found the formula could predict a person’s risk for the most common stroke in the U.S. with 86 percent accuracy—which...
...Linguistics department. Former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis said that he is optimistic about the fact that the position places such a large emphasis on teaching, since it may signal a shift in the qualities sought in future professors. “Just as the general competition goes up, so the bad news is that it’s harder to get a job at all in academia,” the computer science professor said. “The good news is that the supply is large relative to the demand, so the quality ought to increase...
...European Circus Association, a trade group that represents the interests of 120 circuses. But British proprietors believe that Britain's red tape has made their challenge more acute. The website through which foreign applicants must now register has reportedly crashed multiple times. Plus, there's a more general question of access. "A lot of families in Mongolia don't have computers," Lacey says. "These are genuine riders who tend to their horses and work with their flocks when they're not working in the circus. To ask them to go online and fill out a form is just crazy. They...
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva did make a halfhearted attempt to spur a national debate last year, calling abortion a public-health issue - even as he declared himself steadfastly against it. But with the Church quick to stifle such talk and the general public not sufficiently engaged to demand action, the debate never took off. In truth, abortions and unwanted pregnancies are a sad constant in Brazil. Although abortion is illegal, an estimated 1 million women each year have one. The poor are forced into clandestine clinics or take medication, while the better-off are treated...