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Though separation anxiety tends to abate as kids mature, it is not uncommon for it to recur when a teenager heads off to college. Sometimes the anxiety felt by the student is exacerbated by parents who call constantly to assuage their own pangs...
...broad cross section of adults in the long-running Framingham Heart Study, Dr. Lisa Freed and her colleagues found only 2.4% of subjects had mitral-valve prolapse and that half those cases consisted of less harmful variations on normal cardiac design. They also found the condition to be equally uncommon among women...
...dress has improved," says Professor of Economics David M. Cutler. "He used to be sloppier. It was not uncommon to see him with his shirt not tucked in and his tie not on straight...
...that if we are given a project at 10 a.m., it may require that we work straight through for 24 hours until it's done," says Menzie. What's more, he had to fight for those 100-hour workweeks. Wall Street internships are so prized that it's not uncommon for students to steal application materials and journal articles from college libraries to keep competitors away. And no wonder: Wall Street interns can earn up to $700 weekly, and sometimes get bonuses...
...risk of breast cancer. The jury is still out, but here's some reassurance. A study of 37,000 women found little evidence that estrogen is linked to common types of cancers such as ductal carcinoma in situ (a cancer confined to a duct). It may, however, increase some uncommon forms--but they are slow growing and may be easily treatable...