In a message dated 11/11/02 12:58:36 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:

>Anyway, when I was a grad student working as a summer intern at the local
>'monkey farm' at the local medical school, I saw research done on monkeys
>that showed low-birth-weight monkeys were in poorer health and had problems
>as they aged (if they survived that long), which of course was the
forerunner for
>the research I read about this morning.  Fascinating stuff.

In the '60's I worked at UCP of Dallas. We received a letter during the $
campaign saying I will not contribute to "smoking mothers". We thought this
to be a nut case.
Well, after many years, we've discovered smoking is often a precursor to low
birth weight infants! The "nut case" wasn't so nutty after all, although I
still have a problem with blaming children for the vices of parents.

Bobby