The unmet need for family planning
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Global population is increasing by some 78 million people a year, and it continues to be the poor people of the world who have difficulty obtaining contraceptives. Countries that have initiated family planning initiatives have achieved gratifying results.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2000
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The end of nature versus nurture
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Social scientists and biologists have long debated the nature versus nurture theories of human behavior, with the weight of opinion swinging from one to the other. Fortunately, research findings are finally bringing the two extremes together.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1999
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The Unmet Challenges of Hepatitis C
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Hepatitis C kills nine thousand Americans a year and is the most common cause of liver failure. Many of those infected do not know they have it, and some can live with the infection for decades before symptoms appear.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1999
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