Articles of Interest 12/29/2006
- Malnutrition is cheating Africa and its survivors (hat tip to Steve)
Robbed of vital nutrients as children, they grow up stunted and sickly, weaklings in a land that still runs on manual labor. Some become intellectually stunted adults, shorn of as many as 15 I.Q. points, unable to learn or even to concentrate, inclined to drop out of school early.
Anyone still want to tell me things like this are “of no benefit?” If children are affected on with large deficiencies, do you think a child may also be affected to a lesser extent as well even here in the US?
- You may be able to grow new teeth with stem cell research
- Brain Gain: Mental Exercise Makes Elderly Minds More Fit
- How much does a change of environment Affect the Poor?
When the program was launched, housing vouchers were seen as a promising antidote to urban poverty. Researchers had pinpointed ghettos as a culprit in the worsening fortunes of many poor, minority families. Free them from the poisonous cocktail of drugs and crime brewing in city ghettos, scholars reasoned, and the families would have a chance to leave poverty behind.
But results show that may only partially be true.
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Interesting results. I dont know what to make of them. It would seem that the environment really helped the girls, but did the opposite for the boys.
I think it has more to do with culture and the way the people were raised. Moving to a new and better area doesnt change your morals, doesnt change your goals and doesnt change your work ethic.
I think changing where someone lives is a very superficial way of dealing with things. The good end of this is maybe some of these girls broke the cycle of early pregnancy and will strive to get an education instead.
”Wherever you go, there you are”