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...particular risk of colorectal cancer. Other studies have concluded that men and women who have already had one precancerous polyp surgically removed from their intestinal tract develop fewer subsequent polyps if they take calcium supplements. The take-home message? Calcium and vitamin D supplements are no magic bullets, but if you're going to take them, try to take them every day. These latest studies, which are part of the giant U.S. Women's Health Initiative, Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do calcium pills work? | 3/16/2006 | See Source »

...particularly raucous group of men’s volleyball fans—equipped with a bongo drum, face paint, and a host of articulate insults for the opponent—demonstrated at a recent home game, sometimes you must make your own magic...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SOONER OR TAITER: Harvard Has Own Brand of Madness | 3/16/2006 | See Source »

...talked about the extraordinary imagination of children and the difficulty of those same imaginations to turn off disturbing images when they get tired. I suggested that Johnny' s mom ask her son about what parts of the movie scared him the most and to try some "superhero magic " treatments. "Anti-spider spray " (water) under and around his bed. Putting away Spiderman underwear, pajamas and toys for a couple of weeks. And of course, promising to make sure that no more scary movies would come his way until he was 13. These solutions worked, so that after a week Johnny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Doctor's View: When Movies Keep Kids Up | 3/15/2006 | See Source »

...websites like Screenit can provide interested parents with plenty of information before they go to the cineplex. It seems odd that parents who caution their children to avoid sex, drugs and violence don' t mind exposing them to these themes on the big screen. There are too few "magic " years for children; maybe watching Finding Nemo for the 10th time or reading The Secret Garden out loud can prolong them a bit. If nothing else, they ' ll sleep a little better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Doctor's View: When Movies Keep Kids Up | 3/15/2006 | See Source »

...with farmers earning just one-third of what city dwellers do. To try to quell rising dissent, Hu has unveiled a massive New Deal for farmers, promising billions of dollars in central-government aid for "building a new socialist countryside." The reference to rural socialism was pure marketing magic; many farmers miss the good old days when nearly everyone was poor-but at least the state provided a safety net, known in China as an "iron rice bowl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is China Turning Back the Clock? | 3/14/2006 | See Source »

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