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...currently designed as a therapeutic drug, however, not a preventive, says Kosten. For people struggling to overcome addiction or avoid relapse, the vaccine can reduce the rate of uptake of cocaine and slow the high. Even still, determined users can thwart the vaccine by taking more cocaine than their immune response can handle. The regimen also requires commitment, involving as many as five shots in three months, plus boosters every two months thereafter. "You have to want to quit. The addict has to want to stop" for the vaccine to work, says NIDA's Vocci...
...major thoroughfare through Salt Lake City. Participants were observed "driving" in medium- and high-density traffic, and were told to obey the 65 mph speed limit and use turn signals; some were allowed to talk on their hands-free phones. The study was designed so that traffic would periodically slow in one lane, while another lane opened up. Researchers found that cell-phone users switched to faster-moving lanes about 20% less frequently than other drivers. They were less adept at keeping up with traffic flow, and it took them 2% to 3% longer to complete the commute than drivers...
...Harvard exploded for three goals in the second frame after a slow first period en route to a 4-0 shutout of ECAC rival Colgate...
...Supreme Court is part of this slow-motion shutdown of the death-penalty machine. In recent years the court has banned executions of mentally retarded inmates and of prisoners who committed their crimes as minors. The mere fact that the court is hearing the lethal-injection cases is historic because the institution has always been reluctant to inquire into the business end of the death penalty...
...Workplace Institute has a database of more than 70 U.S. companies that allow babies at work, and founder Carla Moquin says she is constantly including more. "I believe that this is actually a lot more prevalent than I've found so far," she says, adding that many companies are slow to establish formal policies but often make ad hoc arrangements for individual employees...