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Some people claim that this issue only affects a small subset of people at Harvard. However, bathroom accessibility is a major issue for those of us whom it does affect here. Opponents of gender-non-specific single-stall bathrooms have argued that desegregating these bathrooms by gender would decrease cleanliness. This is not a reason to keep single-stall bathrooms as gender marked: everyone should strive to make Harvard’s bathrooms a little cleaner, regardless of gender. Opponents also argue that a change in accessibility would increase the risk of women being harassed by men in the bathroom...
...carbs, which do not include fiber and other carbohydrates that don't affect insulin levels...
...numbers of dieters have migrated to low-carb strategies in the past couple of years, exiting programs that emphasize portion control. The heavyweights of the diet industry, Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig, are feeling the pinch. "Any time there is anything new in the market, it is going to affect clients who want to lose weight quickly," says Cozette Phifer, spokeswoman at Jenny Craig. She concedes that new business is depressed but asserts that the dip won't last long. Both companies say they have refrained from introducing low-carb items because their nutritionists oppose the idea and think...
Foodmakers created the idea of "net carbs" or "impact carbs" to zero in on the amount of carbohydrates that affect insulin levels...
Sometimes it's both the heat and the humidity. According to a study in the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, weather can affect the success of LASIK surgery, used to correct poor eyesight in a million American patients a year. Dr. Keith Walter at Wake Forest University reports that the hotter and more humid it is when doctors perform the operation, the more likely patients are to come back for follow-up procedures. High humidity can apparently cause the cornea to swell, affecting the surgeon's accuracy. --By Sora Song