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Assisted reproduction isn't the only problem. Doctors have long known that smoking, uterine infection, high blood pressure and a prior history of preterm delivery also place an expectant mother at greater risk of delivering early. They're looking into the possibility that other factors, such as stress, diet (both before and after conception) and inflammation may also play a role. But they have something of a medical mystery on their hands. "Nearly half of preterm births are from unclear causes," says Dr. Nancy Green, medical director of the March of Dimes, which is in the early stages...
...play’s scenery is minimal: a chair or two, a table and the occasional hat material. Instead, our attention is focused through light, sound and incredibly creative costume. Garish blue and red and a combination of what sounds like church bells and clanging crowbars puts added stress on the gauntness and desperation of the prisoners’ parade, while Harper’s house contains an uneasy silence, set in shadow, so that we never quite know what will emerge...
...feel that economics is a very common major among athletes because of its competitiveness,” he writes. “Athletes, in general, are a very driven group that enjoy high-pressure, high-stress environments. The opportunities in many of the careers that follow an economics degree come with such an environment...
Barber says there seems to be a gender component to concentration selection as well, although she hesitates to make comments that would offend women on campus. She says that women are more likely to choose more flexible career paths without feeling the stress of supporting a family. “We have other options,” she says. “I think that has a lot to do with this attitude of, ‘Why would I do something like English or psychology or something that I couldn’t support my family [with...
...many as nine other TiVo boxes and computers via the Internet. (Not surprisingly, the MPAA bitterly opposed TiVoToGo.) "Downloading any movie ever made--that's possible on a TiVo box today," says Ramsay. "The problem is in the copyright management, not the technology." Hastings, meanwhile, takes pains to stress that any future downloading business would work out a profit-sharing framework with movie studios...