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...strain is new, people will likely not have immunity, making symptoms more severe. Campbell said that the illness is not “particularly serious” for the young and healthy, and according to the UHS Web site, those at higher risk include young children, the elderly, pregnant women, and adults and children with immunosuppression or certain chronic disorders. She said that the recent rash of illness was likely caused by increased person-to-person contact during the graduation period and noted that the patients presenting themselves for treatment have mostly been students and not alumni or other visitors...
...goes on holiday to Laos, a landlocked Southeast Asian nation that's a favorite of backpackers enchanted by its laid-back vibe and vibrant Buddhist culture. But she lands in jail on drug-smuggling charges that could result in execution. Then events take a melodramatic turn: the woman becomes pregnant while in jail - and a Laotian state newspaper claims she impregnated herself with semen from a fellow prisoner to escape the death penalty, since local law precludes putting expectant mothers in front of a firing squad...
...Francisco office. But she could not keep her mind away from music and the banjo. Eventually, Brown said, she gathered up the nerve to ask for six months of leave.“When I [told my parents] I was quitting my I-banking job, there was a pregnant pause at the other end of the line,” Brown said. Her parents were initially skeptical about her decision to enter the uncertain world of the music industry, but in 1987, Brown received an offer she could not refuse. Alison Krauss, who had just released her first solo album...
...Lafave's pregnant sister, for example, had been killed by a drunk driver before Lafave began hitting on a student; Hernandez is estranged from her husband. Such problems certainly aren't excuses for pedophilia, but they can compel women like Lafave to seek out emotional comfort - or a feeling of control that they might not experience in relationships with adult men. (Read about the notorious Mary K. Letourneau teacher-student affair...
...recommendations include new, specific guidelines for obese women, including those who have a BMI of 30 or higher at conception. These mothers-to-be are advised to limit their weight gain to 11 to 20 pounds. The standards also suggest for the first time that pregnant women may safely exercise up to 30 minutes a day throughout their entire pregnancy, barring any complications...