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Two new articles examine the theory of "fetal programming" and their effect on racial health disparities. The studies, published in American Journal of Human Biology, suggest that the higher rates of hypertension and cardiovascular disease present in African Americans may be a consequence of low birth weights, and that these low birth weights may be a result of social rather than genetic factors.

From the message board: "I have twins, one girl and one boy. They are now two and a half and I want to give them their big kid room. In...

So when Denis Leary wrote, "Yer kid is NOT autistic. He?s just stupid. Or lazy. Or both," he didn't necessarily mean yer, um, your kid. He meant some autistic kids....