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Nurses whose mothers drank at least four glasses of milk a day were 56 percent less likely to develop MS than those whose mothers drank less than three glasses per month, according to the study’s lead author, Fariba Mirzaei of the School of Public Health...

Author: By Nitish Lakhanpal, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Milk and Vitamin D Intake May Help Prevent MS | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...dressed in a white tuxedo and seated in a theater looks into the camera and says, “So you’re at a movie, too. What are you eating?” This line is befitting of ‘Food at Twenty-Four Frames Per Second’ (‘Food at 24fps’), the free film festival which “Tampopo,” an ode to the ramen noodle, opened last Monday in the Adams Pool Theatre. The line is fun, light, and unexpected—and it immediately makes...

Author: By Michael E. Danto, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Food at 24 Frames Per Second’ Satisfies a Cinematic Appetite | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...focus of the benefit was not solely on grim realities. Though some pieces were not derived from the Haitian culture per se, the performers’ passion conveyed a profound sense of community with the people of Haiti. One of the most virtuosic displays by Ryu Goto ‘11 was a violin solo so ferocious that hairs from his bow broke off while he was playing...

Author: By Mark A. Fusunyan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Passion and Compassion | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...depending on trading volume and asset size. E*Trade, best known for its popular talking baby ads, joined the battle in early February when it trimmed equity-trading fees for low-volume investors to $9.99 from $12.99, although it still maintained a premium deal of $7.99 per trade for higher-volume customers. Scottrade stayed put, as it already offers flat $7 trading fees. (See the top 10 worst corporate name changes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brokers Wage a Price War on Commissions | 2/16/2010 | See Source »

...most important part of this MacGyverized contraption is an insulated one-third-gallon jug - like the kind sold in camping-supply stores - filled with 2 lb. of frozen carbon dioxide, which costs about $1 per lb. (and should be handled only with gloves). As the dry-ice pellets slowly evaporate, the open thermos spout lets the CO2 - which falsely signals bedbugs that a breathing, blood-filled meal is nearby - seep out overnight. That's usually enough time to entice the nocturnal insects into the other key component of the trap: the overturned food-and-water dish on which the thermos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Build Your Own Bedbug Detector | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

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