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...Diet. But their influx has unquestionably added a dash of diversity - and perhaps will instill some social conscience and sensitivity to the concerns of working-class Japan. "Many came from local legislatures and some have experience in civil movements, which will bring about a new perspective in legislation," says Mari Miura, associate professor of political science at Sophia University in Tokyo. Japan's female lawmakers are generally seen by voters as kokumin no mesen - ordinary citizens - who have a better understanding of grass-roots issues. "There have been many male-centered policies in Japanese politics," says Eiko Okamoto, a former...
...Chicago's 3 million residents live in neighborhoods either lacking or far away from conventional supermarkets like Jewel, Pathmark and Winn-Dixie. The paucity of affordable, healthy food options in urban communities is ironic in a country with an abundance of food. "Everyone deserves to eat," says Mari Gallagher, president of the National Center for Public Research, a Chicago group that studies urban issues. The crisis, she adds, "really is a matter of life and death." (See pictures of what the world eats...
...trying to steal and ending the frame.Harvard was able to close the gap in the fifth. Once again, it was Bock that sparked the Crimson offense with a single up the middle. She was able to advance to second on a sacrifice bunt by freshman Jane Alexander before rookie Mari Zumbro scored Bock with a double to right center to make the score 3-2. “This team fights,” Vertovez said. “We didn’t want to lose our last game out there and we were going to try as hard...
...Mari Kitahata, at the University of Washington, reports in the New England Journal of Medicine that HIV-positive patients enrolled in a nine-year study reduced their risk of dying as much as 94% by the trial's end if they began ART earlier, compared with patients who deferred treatment. "Our study adds to the weight of evidence accumulating that the balance between the potential benefit in survival of initiating therapy earlier outweighs the potential deleterious effects," says Kitahata, referring to concerns over the drugs' toxicity and possible long-term side effects...
...objective is to standardize methods for validating genetic tests and guaranteeing accuracy and quality, says Mari Baker, CEO of California-based Navigenics. For now, all clinical labs, including those that conduct genetic tests, are regulated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which, under the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), governs lab-personnel qualifications, quality-control procedures and proficiency testing. But critics argue that the law needs to be updated to include standards for genetic-testing labs. CLIA requires independent evaluations of labs' test-performance proficiency, for example, but genetic-testing labs are exempt from this rule, according...