{"id":3652,"date":"2005-03-01T12:30:16","date_gmt":"2005-03-01T16:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/03\/01\/baby-teeth\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:56","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:56","slug":"baby-teeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/03\/01\/baby-teeth\/","title":{"rendered":"baby teeth"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The posting of a new <\/FONT>edition of The Heron’s Nest<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A> is always a treat for me, but<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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\"THNlogoG\"  This edition is also special because the <\/FONT>THN<\/EM> Award<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/A> goes this time to our <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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frequent Honored Guest, Carolyn Hall<\/FONT><\/A>, for the following haiku (don’t miss<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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editor Christopher Herold’s insightful <\/FONT>Commentary<\/FONT><\/A>):<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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so suddenly winter
baby teeth at the bottom
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Carolyn Hall<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A> from The Heron’s Nest<\/A><\/EM> VII: 1 (March 2005)<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Along with ten webpages filled with great haiku, this edition has a  \"THNlogoF\"<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Elizabeth Searle Lamb<\/FONT><\/A>.   At the other end of the haiku-writing spectrum,<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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new paperback —
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david giacalone<\/FONT><\/A><\/STRONG><\/EM>, schenectady, ny<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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\"snowFlakeSN\"  not<\/EM> moving<\/A> to Moscow:<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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\"witchBrewS\"  Lifespan Conundrums<\/EM>: Interesting juxtaposition last night on the PBS NewsHour (Feb. 28, 2005):  <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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a piece on <\/FONT>saving Social Security<\/FONT><\/A> from the destiny of our demographics was followed by The Science <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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of Aging 9 (<\/FONT>audio<\/FONT><\/A>), on the link between genetics and aging.  <\/FONT>David A. Sinclair<\/FONT><\/A> of the Harvard Medical <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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School was lauded last year by webloggers such as <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT>Steve Bainbridge<\/FONT><\/A> and <\/FONT>George Wallace<\/FONT><\/A>, when<\/FONT> he <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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released a study<\/FONT><\/A> saying that his team had discovered a protein (found in wine)<\/EM> that appeared to prolong <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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life without dieting.   Along with <\/FONT>the question<\/FONT><\/A> of insurance coverage for lifestyle drugs<\/EM>, add the <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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complications concerning whether to promote and later cover medicines that will significantly expand lifespan<\/EM>.   <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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As the PBS interviews suggested, some discoveries may lead to ways to extend healthy<\/EM> lifespan and others <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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