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...Dalhousie team believes that there is still time to save the sharks before the most imperiled species are entirely wiped out, but conservationists must act fast. The best protection method is to establish marine reserves--areas of ocean where fishing is off limits for a while so the vanishing species can catch its breath and rebuild its ranks. Such a strategy works for imperiled commercial fish and could work for sharks too, although it would take more time because sharks breed relatively slowly...
...during an attack on a pregnant woman or legislation making it illegal to evade state parent-notification laws by taking a minor across state lines--will become priorities for the President or get through the closely divided Senate. "If all they can muster is the elimination of one abortion method, that's a loss," says former antiabortion lobbyist Teresa Wagner, editor of a new book of essays about the movement. "It's a catastrophic loss...
...using a novel gene identification method developed in England’s Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Institute, the research team discovered that around 200 of the 400 genes linked to fat storage in worms appear to have a counterpart in humans...
...technique is concentration on the breath. The association of meditation with Eastern religion is an obstacle for some Americans, but many nonreligious forms exist. In essence, meditation is nothing other than focused awareness. Although it can be used as a relaxation technique, I find it most valuable as a method of restructuring the mind, breaking habitual patterns of thought and creating seeds of balance to oppose erratic mood swings. Over time it can provide great mental-health benefits: relief from ordinary anxiety and depression, better rest and sleep, and increased resistance to disturbing influences on emotional equilibrium. Meditation has also...
...critics say this sit-around-the-table-and-jawbone method isn't really science. Jerome Wakefield, a Rutgers professor of social work, says that while the DSM's authors do try to eliminate errors so that normal emotional reactions aren't diagnosed as disorders, "there's no systematic process here. Changes are made on a very ad hoc basis, where people say, 'Oh, my god, we forgot X.'" Others have even harsher criticism. Dr. Paul McHugh, who chairs the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, says the DSM has lost its usefulness partly...