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Rocca and his group conducted a second, more comprehensive study with the same women. With better funding this time, researchers were able to examine patients in person in order to study the impact of ovary removal on movement disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. Again, the researchers found a powerful effect: when ovaries were removed at a relatively young age, the risk of Parkinson's disease increased. For women who had both ovaries removed before age 48, there was an exact doubling of risk compared with women with intact ovaries...
...split on whether being involved in business supported apartheid and was a betrayal. "Some thought being involved in business meant not being involved in the struggle," adds Motlana, 82. "We were saying that if we were independent, if we made money for ourselves, that was part of the movement. And today you can see the effect of people like Richard was powerful. It set off a whole chain of events that said to people: 'You are going to pull yourself out of poverty...
...team headed by anthropologist John Kappelman, of the University of Texas at Austin, has requested permission to conduct a high-resolution CT scan of the bones. By scrutinizing their internal architecture, "we can study the ways in which [Lucy's] skeleton was designed for various types of movement and posture," Kappelman explains. Researchers already know that Lucy is likely a direct ancestor of our own species, Homo sapiens, stood about 3.5 ft. (1 m) tall, weighed about 60 lbs. (27 kg) and walked upright on two legs, though she may also have spent time in trees. Lucy's remains include...
...Nicaragua, a movement that started off channeling youth rebellion into the violent overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship in 1979 is once again the governing party. And in many poor neighborhoods, the Sandinista Front has more street cred than the local youth gang...
...ratings have now fallen five points in the space of a week. However, at 61%, Sarkozy's support remains comfortable - and largely derived from his public-pleasing reputation as an active and determined leader. Indeed, so many French voters say they had gotten so disgusted with the lack of movement and modernization under previous governments that they'd be willing to accept Sarkozy-led reform, even if they aren't initially happy about its content...