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Fresh off a 1-0 victory over Colorado college in the WCHA tournament finals, the Pioneers enter the Northeast Regional with another piece of hardware to supplement memories of last year’s national championship celebration...
Franek suggested that students use the rankings to supplement, not replace, their own college searches...
...Nancy Selvage, the program’s director, realized that holding the day-long workshop on a Friday would prevent most undergraduates from attending but added that other, similar workshops were often held on weekends. Such workshops, which are offered free or at a reduced price to undergrads, supplement the program’s semester-long courses, drop in clay modeling sessions, and Clay All Night party...
...clear how folic acid does this, although the supplement is known to reduce levels of homocysteine, a blood component that can damage blood vessels. Women who got their folate eating foods naturally high in the vitamin-such as nuts, leafy greens and berries-didn't derive the same benefit as those who took folic acid supplements, perhaps because it's hard to eat enough vegetables...
...John Forman of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, the principal investigator, isn't ready to say that everybody should take 1,000 micrograms of folate a day. He wants to see his findings confirmed in a large, randomized trial in which half the subjects take the supplement and half take a placebo. Other scientists caution that early studies suggesting that large doses of vitamin E protect against heart disease haven't panned...