Word: effecting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...while others received 300 mg of vitamin E, or vitamin E and fish oil, or just a placebo pill. After two years, only those patients who took fish-oil supplements reduced their risk of dying from a second heart attack, by an average of 17%. Vitamin E had no effect...
Even more troubling than the physical changes is the potential psychological effect of premature sexual development on children who should be reading fairy tales, not fending off wolves. The fear, among parents and professionals alike, is that young girls who look like teenagers will be under intense pressure to act like teenagers. Childhood is short enough as it is, with kids bombarded from every direction by sexually explicit movies, rock lyrics, MTV videos and racy fashions. If young girls' bodies push them into adulthood before their hearts and minds are ready, what will be forever lost...
...most prominent effect, reported last spring in the Journal of Pediatrics, was that boys exposed to DDE and girls exposed to PCBs were heavier than their unexposed peers at age 14. The study also noted an intriguing fact: girls with high prenatal PCB exposure tended to hit the first stages of puberty a bit earlier than others. Rogan stresses that the numbers were too low to be statistically significant. "If there is an effect of environmental chemicals on puberty," he says, "it's pretty small, because we studied these kids in detail over a long period of time...
...wasn't charged with a crime, Theron previously told reporters that her father died in a car accident. These days Theron, who lives near her mother, who has also immigrated to Los Angeles, prefers not to talk about the tragedy. ("We've moved on," she says.) Asked what lasting effect it had on her, she replies, "You realize life is very short. You can't mess around...
...year following the year you turn 70 1/2. Right now, if you missed the deadline, you're out of luck. But there's legislation working its way through Congress that would give everyone a chance to start anew. If enacted, the fresh-start rule would go into effect...