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| Sat, 11 Feb 2006 18:00:00 EST Skating: From bones to baubles |
| From the origins of skating to the origins of the term "Salchow jump," musicology Prof. James Hines tells all in Figure Skating: A History. Well, almost all. |
| Sat, 11 Feb 2006 18:00:00 EST Mortimer B. Zuckerman: A house divided |
| Our national conversation has become too shrill, too polarized, too inflamed, too predictable, too divisive, and altogether too inimical to our national interest. On the larger canvas of our political culture wars, the stinging exchange of letters between John McCain and Barack Obama over ways to root out lobbying corruption on Capitol Hill is no more than a mere skirmish. It was all the more depressing, however, because these two senators represent the best hope for a real revival of centrism, the rational bipartisan consensus that expresses the nation's will with force and eloquence and that has served America so well in its worst crises. |
| Sat, 11 Feb 2006 18:00:00 EST How best to protect your baby; better clean up your act early; an ADHD alert from the FDA; no better than a placebo |
| Pregnant women may wonder whether to give up their anti-depressants. Two new studies have found that women on a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor such as Prozac during pregnancy may risk affecting their child. The reports come on the heels of another last month showing that women who stop taking the drugs are apt to sink back into depression--which itself has been linked to preterm delivery and low birth weight. One study, in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that taking SSRIs after the 20th week of pregnancy raised the risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, a rare but serious condition in which an infant's circulatory system does not develop properly. The Food and Drug Administration called those results "very concerning" and announced that it may ask for labeling changes on the drugs. The other, in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, found that 30 percent of babies born to women on SSRIs experienced several days of withdrawal symptoms, such as trouble sleeping and tremors. Experts advise women to talk to their doctors about the pros and cons of halting medication. |
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