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• Poorer education tied to preterm birth risk
NEW YORK - Pregnant women with low levels of education are nearly twice as likely as their more educated peers to give birth prematurely, researchers from the Netherlands report. However, most of the risk can be attributed to the disadvantages that ...
• Be smart about your online profile
Social networking sites typically let you post as much information about yourself as you like, including your education, work history and favorite music and books. You can join countless fan groups or causes. Status updates, which tell how you're ...
• Mississippi now has highest teen birth rate
Blaming abstinence-only education Some experts have blamed the national increase on increased federal funding for abstinence-only health education that does not teach teens how to use condoms and other contraception. They said that would explain why ...
• Poorer kids often depressed as teenagers
... were more likely to "grow up" faster — including having sex, leaving home or getting married at an earlier-than-average age. This cycle, the study found, eventually put kids at risk of substantial obstacles in young adulthood, such as low education ...
• Mo. lawmakers look to divert new casino tax money
Others want to use it to boost spending on gifted and special education programs in K-12 schools, or to channel it to colleges and universities to hold down tuition costs. The use of the projected $130 million annually in new casino taxes figures to ...