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...study suggests that women who take more than a year to conceive, even those who end up having babies the old-fashioned way, have a greater than normal risk of giving birth prematurely, having a baby with low birth weight or needing a caesarean section. This news comes from a large study--the first of its kind--published in Human Reproduction, of 56,000 women in Denmark. According to Dr. Olga Basso, the lead author, the chance of having a preterm baby was 7.4% for first-time mothers who took longer than a year to get pregnant--about 40% higher...
Thank you for the superb article about eating smarter [Oct. 20]. It certainly proved that spending millions on fad-diet books is a waste of time. Why is it that people who want to lose weight don't understand that they have to adopt eating habits they must maintain for the rest of their life? Everything they need to know was included in your reporting. After I read your story, I danced around the room, saying "Yes, yes, yes!" Barbara Watson Nipomo, Calif...
...report suggests several modifications to the application process—mostly centered around the weight allocated to grades and the writing sample—that could potentially boost the number of female staffers...
...Elsewhere, the music wants to collapse in exhaustion. Buried in swirls of noise and guitar, the otherwise steady beat on “Supersonic” seems to teeter before its own breakdown. “Right Here’s the Spot” nearly limps under the weight of its sheer sonic detail and insistent...
...Think of halacha as a compendium of human responses over time,” he said. In his film as well, “the human story has a weight that is hopefully transformative. It’s a different form of text. It’s like a video Teshuva [rabbinic verdict...