Standing before a phalanx of potential investors, three young women make the case for their high-end day care concept. They’ve written a 37-page business plan, and they confidently whip through a PowerPoint about their mission, budget, and marketing plan.
Welcome to “The Pitch” – a culminating event for juniors at Fenway High School in Boston. In [...]

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“I just assume that these things are safe or they wouldn’t be allowed to be sold,” said Fisco as baby Natalie cooed in her stroller and 3-year-old Grant tumbled around the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum.
The Environmental Protection Agency is supposed to evaluate compounds in products such as flame retardants in mattresses and [...]

The study, which appears in the March 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Disease, confirmed the suspected close link between the two most common diseases of young children, viral colds and ear infections. It also identified the viruses associated with higher rates of ear infections.
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This brings up a question about effectiveness of treatment in general: How do we know it works?
We often say that something works, at least when we talk about health problems, because we got better. But suppose we would have gotten better anyway?
It looks like cause and effect, but it may not be.
The first group did [...]