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What about calcium supplements before menopause? Scientists say the best hedge against osteoporosis is strong, dense bones formed during younger years. But a U.S. Public Health survey found that women from 18 to 44 get a daily average of calcium that ranges from 679 mg for the youngest group to 603 mg for the oldest. Some physicians contend that Americans can get necessary amounts by consuming more calcium-rich foods, especially milk and dairy products. Others, questioning whether women will change their diets sufficiently, see a need for pills and fortified foods. That raises the question of what scientists call...
Moreover, researchers point out, although calcium does help build bone and retain it, the mineral is simply one factor in lifelong skeletal health. Some studies have found bone loss is slower in those who engage in such weight-bearing physical activities as running and walking. In one survey, women ages 35 to 65 who took a 50-minute aerobics class three times a week lost only 2.5% of the density in their forearm bones, compared with 9.5% for women who did not exercise. "Osteoporosis is a total life-style problem," emphasizes Heaney. "You can't cure a bad life-style...
...women and minorities, Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity Evelynn M. Hammonds will update the University on June 12 with a report detailing the efforts of her office.It will contain analyses of the composition of Harvard’s faculty, new childcare guidelines, and data from surveys of junior professors—all significant recommendations of the two faculty task forces created in the wake of Summers’ Jan. 2005 remarks on women in science, which produced pages of proposals to address the dearth of women and minorities in the sciences in two reports released last May.But...
...solution will be easy to find. Two sensible and practical improvements were suggested this year, however, that the Faculty failed to implement: first, to waive the unreasonable three-year limit for lecturers who are effective teachers, and second, to require all professors to distribute Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) surveys in their courses, and to publish the results of these surveys in the annual CUE Guide.The current limit of three years for non-tenure track lecturers is unique among virtually all of Harvard’s peer institutions. As a consequence, Harvard—despite its perpetual need for better...
...American Novel,” “The History of Modern Moral Philosophy,” “World Religions: Diversity and Dialogue,” “Asian Modernities,” “Opera,” and “Survey of World Art,” I realized we already have much in place that opens doors for our students...