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...Kathleen Kingsbury mentioned that women who have more children have a lower risk of developing breast cancer. Might part of the problem in the industrialized world be that women breast-feed for a relatively short duration? The vast majority of mothers in the U.S. wean a baby by six months. In contrast, most mothers in developing countries still practice the age-old custom of nursing a child for two to four years. A woman need not birth a baker's dozen to lessen her risk for breast cancer; breast-feeding beyond one year might very well benefit both...
...Friends says, "You can race for the cure, but you can't run from the cause." If a cure for cancer is found, it will be the result of a grass-roots campaign to stop polluting the environment. Cancer science is working on the wrong end of the problem. Thomas L. Gritzka, M.D., Portland...
...idea that the game is based on skill and strategy, like a golf tournament. “You win according to how you finish in the competition,” he said. “That just has no connection in a solid way with what people see as problem gambling.” Since founding the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society, an organization at Harvard Law School and elsewhere that promotes poker as a test of skill, Nesson has worked to introduce the game to academia. The society has held multiple discussion panels at Harvard concerning poker?...
...Harvard never would have invited a white supremacist or apartheid supporter to speak.” In his talk, Romney focused on his father’s ideals and the qualities that he said made him the best candidate for president. Calling his father the “best problem solver I know,” Romney stressed the former Massachusetts governor’s commitment to health care, family values, and education. While he explained that his father “doesn’t think religion should play no role [in politics],” he emphasized that...
...Sunday slump? “We have to build up momentum, but we’re hoping to have at least two more games this year,” Levin-Gesundheit says. So, next time you’re looking for a good way to put off that pesky problem set, FM suggests looking out for the opportunity to embrace Jewish tradition by nailing your peers with balls...