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...throw out the coffee mug? Not yet, suggest the authors of this paper. While the studies do show an association, they don't exactly prove that drinking large volumes of coffee is a guarantee for developing RA. There are several risk factors that doctors have traditionally used to assess a person's total risk for RA, and they include, smoking, obesity, high blood levels of cholesterol, increasing age and female gender. This study took those factors into account, and after doing so, still found that there was a doubling of the risk for those drinking four or more cups...
...uphill battle. The Palestinian leader invited members of opposition groups who had opposed the Oslo Peace process to join him for consultations inside the sequestered compound, citing a need to canvass a wider body of Palestinian opinion. TIME.com phoned West Bank correspondent Jamil Hamad in Bethlehem to assess the latest developments...
...friendly and knowledgeable about various issues in South Korea as well as generally. People were surprised. He enjoyed showing that he was different from what people thought he was. I think that he is reaching out. We are very pleased that the summit took place. So I need to assess it. We're all fascinated. There will be a lot of trading of information and trying to figure out what it means...
Such was the consensus of TIME's Board of Economists, which gathered in late May in Manhattan to assess a rapidly changing business outlook. For the first time in at least two years, members concurred, not all economic systems are go. Imbalances are showing up, notably a worsening labor shortage and excessive consumer spending; signs of renewed inflation are real; stock markets have turned turbulent, to say the least. Allen Sinai, chief global economist of Primark Decision Economics, long contended that rising productivity in the new economy enables the U.S. to enjoy noninflationary increases in production much greater than once...
While the University is somewhat hesitant to assess the overall quality of the SSI guards, they say they are more than pleased with their quantity...