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...left some mornings, I would focus on the tops of the man-made wonders. On these mornings the buildings reminded me of an exhibit at the Museum of Natural History. The exhibit displayed a model of New York City after the melting of the polar ice caps, predicted to occur in 10,000 years...
...Women are hurt more deeply and stay hurt longer by losses. I've had women come to me saying they wanted to be good enough to beat someone two years from now. The arguments in the new all-women's leagues are something like 25 times as many as occur in the men's leagues. For women who don't work, tennis is their only outlet. There is no definite reward system in being a mother. With tennis, there is a definite reward system."... One who thinks cutthroat competition for women is bad is anthropologist Margaret Mead. She admits that...
When the COX-2 inhibitors hit the market in 1999, doctors and patients alike expected a lot from the little painkillers. The old standbys--which include aspirin and ibuprofen (Advil)--can tear up the lining of the stomach and cause serious bleeding disorders. These side effects occur when a protective enzyme called cyclo-oxygenase 1, or COX-1, is suppressed. Because the COX-2 inhibitors don't affect COX-1, it was expected that they would have fewer side effects...
...oversight will convert these facilities into sterile, uncaring medical institutions. But good care and a pleasant ambiance are not mutually exclusive, as the best nursing homes and assisted-living facilities demonstrate daily. The real danger to assisted-living establishments is not from regulation but from the predictable disasters that occur when vulnerable residents are left in the care of inadequately trained employees. ERIC CARLSON National Senior Citizens Law Center Los Angeles...
...understand why, you need to know about a curious feature of some genes. Except for the genes that occur on the sex-determining X and Y chromosomes, it generally doesn't matter whether you inherit a particular stretch of DNA from your mother or your father. In the past 15 years, though, researchers have learned that at least 50 pairs of these so-called autosomal genes act a little differently. In a process called imprinting, one of each pair is permanently turned on or off, depending on whether it derives from the sperm...