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...sampling from the genre’s different tastes. Their guitars rattle and scream like those of the Hives, Turner occasionally shout-sings à la Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke, and many of the pseudo-poppy melodies sound like a super-charged version of the Kaiser Chiefs...
...things being equal, atrial fibrillation is a relatively benign condition as long as it can be controlled. Indeed, says Dr. Calvin Weisberger, a regional chief of cardiology for Kaiser Permanente, about 8% to 10% of people over age 80 have a history of atrial fibrillation. Mr. Whittington's atrial fibrillation could be due to his age, the stress of the accident, or the biochemical response of the heart to the pellet...
Many of those products bear enticing messages on their packages: "stimulate baby's cognitive development" or "increase baby's brain capacity." But according to a new study, "A Teacher in the Living Room?," by the Kaiser Family Foundation, the companies do essentially no research to back up their claims. Nor can they cite research by others that relates specifically to their products. "We're not neurolinguistic scientists," admits Marcia Grimsley, a senior producer for Brainy Baby, purveyor of such DVDs as Right Brain and Left Brain, which claim to develop the creative and logical components of a baby's mind...
Bausman's attitude is typical of U.S. parents. In a 2004 Kaiser Family Foundation study, more than half of the parents surveyed said that educational videos and toys are "very important to children's intellectual development." Efforts to get kids on the Ivy League track now begin at infancy, and in the past few years, the so-called edutainment market for babies and toddlers has exploded. According to Vicky Rideout, vice president of the Kaiser foundation, in 2003 there were 140 videos or DVDs for kids age 2 and younger for sale on Amazon. Today, there...
...cannabis extracts and synthetic marijuana chemicals, not smoking pot, as some readers might surmise. The research suggests that there are excellent ways to utilize the active ingredients in marijuana without legalizing another lung-polluting substance. The time has come for the prescription use of cannabis derivatives. TERRY K. KAISER San Diego