Does Free Exercise of Religion Deserve Constitutional Mention?

Death, privacy, and the free exercise of religion.

Does It Deserve Its Bad Name ?

No word in the English language is as upsetting to an occupational therapist's ears as the word diversion. It strikes at the core of the occupational therapist's being and threatens her or his very existence. The idea that some activities used in occupational therapy might be diversional is heretical to many in the profession; diversion is seen as unscientific and therefore dismissed as inappro...

Complexin: Does It Deserve Its Name?

Knockout and other perturbations of complexins have provided important insights and elicited controversies about their role in neurotransmitter release. New work by Yang et al. in this issue of Neuron adds important detail and complexity to existing concepts-particularly on the nature of a Ca(2+)-dependent complexin-synaptotagmin switch for the triggering of exocytosis. But it also provokes tho...

Remarriage Timing: Does Religion Matter?

Using pooled data from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG 2006–2010), we examine the effects of denominational affiliation, worship service attendance, and religious salience on remarriage timing. Survival analyses indicate that both men and women affiliated with conservative Protestant faith traditions are significantly more likely than their unaffiliated and Catholic counterparts to r...

Calcitonin, the forgotten hormone: does it deserve to be forgotten?

Calcitonin is a 32 amino acid hormone secreted by the C-cells of the thyroid gland. Calcitonin has been preserved during the transition from ocean-based life to land dwellers and is phylogenetically older than parathyroid hormone. Calcitonin secretion is stimulated by increases in the serum calcium concentration and calcitonin protects against the development of hypercalcemia. Calcitonin is als...