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BOLD would allow doctors to study patients electing to have surgery from the outset, giving researchers the opportunity to measure and analyze any factors that could affect health at all points before and after bariatric procedures. "The database collection is powered to address both the short- and long-term issues related to bariatric surgery, including things such as weight loss, improvement in health parameters like diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea and cholesterol problems," says DeMaria. With the ranks of overweight and obese people growing each year, that would certainly be welcome information for anyone contemplating surgery as part of a weight...
...capture a color image had to deal with heavy glass plates, tripods, long exposures and an exacting development procedure, all of which resulted in less than satisfactory pictures - dull, tinted images that were far from true to life. So while Kodak's discontinuation of the iconic color film will affect only the most devoted photo buffs - sales of Kodachrome account for less than 1% of the company's revenue - the June 22 announcement breaks one of the largest remaining ties to the era of pre-digital photography. It also ends a legacy that includes some of the most enduring images...
...including the Census Bureau, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The report strives to be a resource for policymakers and private citizens looking to buy, sell or rent. It reviews affordability concerns, explains how housing continues to affect the economy and cites factors that could drive growth in the future...
...housing challenges affect the overall economy: "[H]ome equity fell by $2.5 trillion in real terms in 2008 and nearly $5.9 trillion (or 43 percent) from the 2005 level. The loss of housing wealth caused consumers to curtail cash-out refinances and pull back on spending, knocking an additional 0.9 percentage point off economic growth last year, according to Moody's Economy.com."(Read "Four Steps to Ending the Foreclosure Crisis...
...American people will revolt," Coelho says. "You'll get your jollies because you're bringing down the cost of health care, but you won't really be solving problems." The partnership's official position is essentially that more public research is great as long as it doesn't affect public policy...