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...distress and sleep disturbances. Depression will affect between one-tenth and one-fourth of women and is often exacerbated by pregnancy. Doctors aren't telling severely depressed mothers-to-be to stop taking antidepressants, but they should be aware that doing so poses certain risks for newborns. The researchers recommend that newborns exposed to SSRIs in utero be monitored for at least 48 hours...
...best to choreograph all this? Jim Baker. The Iraq Study Group, which he chairs with Lee Hamilton, plans to recommend a process along these lines, and his associates say that Baker would be willing to help implement it as a special envoy if the President offers him enough authority. That might be resisted by Elliott Abrams, the National Security Council staffer who coordinates Middle East policy, and Baker would not accept the job unless this is resolved. But Condoleezza Rice, who has pushed for a comprehensive diplomatic approach to the region, might be supportive, even enthusiastic. She knows that...
...lead researcher of the NCI study says it would be premature to recommend changes in children's diets on the basis of these results, but I don't agree. Women who have a family history of breast cancer ought to be introducing their kids to soy foods as early as possible. Substituting soy milk for cow's milk is one way to start. I believe the same thing will be shown to hold true for boys; a similar diet may lower their future risk of prostate cancer...
...Groundhog Day is perpetual. Last week, Blair was still asking Bush to get involved. Perhaps the rumors are true that James Baker (who orchestrated the 1991 Madrid conference that finally got the Israelis and Palestinians talking) will recommend another big confab, so Blair, who tried to get one going in 2003, is pushing against an open door. Unfortunately, during the long hiatus when Blair has been imploring Bush for help, relations between Israel and the Palestinians have soured to curdling and U.S. influence with Arab states has plummeted. "Besides the residual, declining power of America, Bush doesn't have...
...Playstation 3 goes on sale in the U.S. today, but I wouldn't recommend buying one, not even for the regular price, which is plenty expensive without the import markup. Sure, the Playstation 2 was the bestselling machine from the previous generation, and sure, the Playstation3 is powered by a stupendously powerful chip, the "Cell processor." (I'm sorry, but naming a computer chip is like naming your genitals: you're compensating for something.) Patience, young padawan. The time has not yet come...