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...study published in January in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, British researchers found that among 79 children who tested positive for peanut allergy in blood tests, only nine exhibited allergic symptoms upon eating peanuts. That may be because blood tests, which detect Immunoglobin E (IgE), an antibody that hunts for foreign particles entering the body, are not always accurate. Some people with moderate amounts of IgE in the blood are classified as "food sensitive"; those with larger amounts of the antibody are most likely food allergic. But the blood test doesn't distinguish between the two conditions...
Though the president’s sweeping attempt at health-care reform has struck upon rocky terrain, there is still a good chance of breaking through the gridlock and passing a bill that will help millions of Americans—he has come farther on the issue than any president in history. Obama’s recent health-care summit was promising enough to make even the oft-cynical Jon Stewart genuinely impressed. And, in the face of some of the strictest congressional partisanship in recent memory, 13 Republicans joined with the Democratic Caucus last week to pass the Senate?...
...things are not changing fast enough, the American people should have faith. President Obama understands the magnitude of the challenges facing the country, and he has been acting on them since day one. There still much work to be done, but there is also great progress to be built upon. I am as hopeful today as I was just over a year ago, freezing-cold on the Washington Mall...
...years determine how long you stay in the classroom and also how effective you are,” said Allison L. Sikora ’11, a participant in the Undergraduate Teacher Education Program, which assists students in earning educator licensures to teach middle or high school in Massachusetts upon graduating...
Call it the Asian Invasion. Or the Beast from the East. But for the first time in Olympic history, Asian skaters stood upon the podium in three of the four figure-skating events. With South Korea's Kim Yu-Na winning a gold medal and Japan's Mao Asada a silver with their skates on Thursday, Feb. 25, athletes from the Far East earned five of the 12 figure-skating medals in Vancouver. It's the highest haul so far in the sport at the Olympics for those from the Pacific Rim, and it signals the beginning of what many...