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Study outcome won't sway company on eye drug
Associated PressWhat does a company do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000? In the case of Genentech Inc.,...Tags: Cancer, Medical Research, Health Treatments, Medicine, Western Medicines
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Fall Cultural Calendar
CLASSICAL MUSIC Bach at Noon: Baritone Joshua Copeland, winner of the 2008 Bach Vocal Competition for Young Singers, performs, along with Rosa Lamoreaux and Frederick Urrey of the Bach Choir and the Festival Orchestra. Central Moravian Church, Main and...Tags: Technology, The Hobbit, Food and Dining Culture, Awards and Prizes, Public Holidays
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Advise, console
AMERICA is awash with the news that, wait for it: Teenagers get pregnant. From the fictional worlds of the movie "Juno" and the TV series "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," to the reality-based worlds of celebrity and politics—with the...Tags: Sarah Palin, Health Treatments, Reproduction, Sex, Family
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A Family Values Exception For Pregnant Palin Daughter
I didn't get it; the way the young mothers refused to talk, how one lied about the baby girl in the stroller not being hers, and why the teenage couple who bluntly talked about the hardships of having a baby when you're just a kid yourself wouldn't go...Tags: Sarah Palin, Republican National Conventions, Reproduction, Political Candidates, Values
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Growth spurts differ in boys and girls
beth.whitehouse@newsday.comMy son just had his 12-year-old annual physical, and his pediatrician told me he will probably go through a "growth spurt" period this year. He said he'll likely grow 4 to 5 inches instead of the usual 2 to 3. What is this growth spurt? What else should I...Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Family, Melville, Pediatrics, Parent and Child
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How fit is your brain?
Chicago Tribune reporter"I used to think the brain was my most important organ. But then I thought: Wait a minute, who's telling me that?" —comedian Emo Philips You've lost your keys, your creativity and your edgy wit. Have you really become the dullest tool in the...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Physical Fitness, Alzheimer's Disease, Game Playing, Defense
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The author of 'Cryptonomicon' and the Baroque Cycle offers a ripping good yarn about philosophy.
WHEN C.P. Snow delivered his famous lecture on the "Two Cultures" in 1959, he pointed out that the sciences and the humanities seemed to be running along increasingly disconnected tracks. But what if these two cultures were separated not just by...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Applied Physics, Philosophy, Society, Fiction
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Bringing Up Baby
Young Bristol Palin threatened to take the spotlight off her mother, Sarah Palin, this past week with the announcement that the teenage daughter of the GOP's vice presidential choice was pregnant but unwed. We asked feminist scholar Gina Barreca and...Tags: Mass Media, Sarah Palin, Republican National Conventions, Thanksgiving, Government
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Thousands of our kids may lose health care
247-7470Genia Jones was handing out fliers to her first-grade students when the realization hit her. "It was talking about people like us," Jones said. The flier — for the state's Family Access to Medical Insurance Security plan, or FAMIS —...Tags: Executive Branch, Insurance, Colleges and Universities, Hampton Roads, Society
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What teens think of Bristol's tale
Do teenagers think all the hubbub at the Republican Convention and in the media over Bristol Palin's pregnancy was appropriate? Long Island teens comment in interviews with Sunday Opinion editor Leslie Seifert, excerpted here. Their conversation continues...Tags: People, Family, National Government, Sarah Palin, Long Island
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Bold times, bold art
Of The Morning CallSheryl Oring is a performance artist who invites the public to perform the art of good citizenship. In ''I Wish to Say'' she sits in a portable office dressed in 1950s clothes and types messages from spectators to George W. Bush on an antique keyboard....Tags: Zubin Mehta, The Simpsons, Florida State University, Technology, Ethics
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Bigger not necessarily better for surgeon care
QUESTION: I must undergo a surgical procedure. My doctor assures me that it is routine and recommends a local surgeon. I am thinking of going out of town to a larger medical center where I am sure they do this surgery more often, and, therefore,...Tags: Cancer, Surgery, Colleges and Universities, Health Treatments, Therapies
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