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...risk exists of a parent rolling over and smothering a small child. (We've ordered a bassinet that attaches to the bed.) The A.A.P. suggests feeding babies only breast milk for the first six months and including it in the diet for another six after that. (A formula supplement is still recommended for underweight babies...
...Rawles’ book. Rawles—or perhaps those marketing her—seem to have failed to recognize that the moral complexities My Jim purports to expose are already present in Huck’s own narrative. While Rawles has provided a reasonably interesting supplement to Twain’s book, her “nuanced critique” articulates few moral problems that weren’t already implicit in the work of her forbearer. The agonistic endgame, the technique of recalling a predecessor’s work with the aim of unsettling or revising...
...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...
...over-the-counter supplement DHEA--which has been banned from college and Olympic sports--effectively treats midlife-onset depression in 50% of patients ? Children whose mothers work odd hours score lower on tests of cognitive development, probably because the kids aren't enrolled in day care ? Elderly patients cared for by their spouses are at higher risk of abuse...