Malnutrition higher in children born to child brides -

Infants born to child brides in India (married before the age of 18) have a higher risk of malnutrition than children born to older mothers, according to research published on bmj.com today.  However, low birth weight and childhood mortality are not significantly linked with the age of the mother, concludes the research, and the child's malnutrition was not related to the mother's body mass index.

As someone that has little use for government, I find myself in the awkward position of actually defending it when I hear the utter nonsense put forth by people suggesting that the private sector can do a better job.

There is no doubt that any large organization is going to do things wrong and generate a significant amount of inefficiency.  However, this is true of corporations just as it is with government.  Corporations do not hold a privileged position in somehow having solutions to these problems, because they often perform worse than government,but without the public visibility.

In addition, most corporations simply don't have as many people to serve as the government, so simple scaling is sometimes enough to create large differences.  

Well after all the alarmist talk about cell phone radiation causing brain tumors, now we have a new study that suggests that it may improve your memory.

Specifically there is a suggestion that it may prevent or even reverse Alzheimer's, at least in mice. 

No doubt, anticipating what kind of commentary was sure to follow, the article clarified how the mice were using the cell phones.

The mice were not actually chatting on cell phone or even packing the devices.

Seems a shame, because THAT would've been a cool study. 

A few recently published studies offered some insight into the issue of closing schools to reduce the effects of a flu epidemic.

The first problem, which hasn't been resolved, is determining the criteria for closing a school in the first place.  However, another study suggests that such closures could reduce swine flu transmission by 21%.  In this case the presumption is that reducing exposure would, of course, stall the spread of the disease.