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...primary lesson that clinicians can take away from the new findings is that the blind push to lower all risk factors such as blood pressure or cholesterol isn't necessarily healthy, says Dr. Christopher Saudek, director of the diabetes center at Johns Hopkins University. That may even mean resisting the commonsense urge to reduce these measures to recommended or normal range in diabetics patients. "To me, it's a matter of having reasonable and patient-oriented individual targets," he says, "rather than trying to push and push and push just to get lower and lower glucose or blood pressure...
...isn’t hard for her to feel empathy for the awkward new history teacher whose bullies—both the students and a fellow teacher—she believes drove him to the point of insanity. As May fights to hold the school responsible for turning a blind eye to Szajkowski’s tormentors, she too is tormented by her colleagues who try and make it clear that the force is no place for a woman...
...More Athletes to Watch A glaring omission in "11 Olympians to Watch" is Canada's Brian McKeever [Feb. 15]. The legally blind cross-country skier will become the first athlete to compete in both the Paralympic and Olympic winter games. Granted, cross-country skiing does not draw the big crowds, but McKeever's story is one that should be shared and celebrated with the world. Clayton Crawley Chicago...
...your cover story, "How to Live 100 Years," you suggest living to 100 is a worthy ideal [Feb. 22]. Not always. Before she went blind, was confined to bed for several years and passed away at 91, my mother, who lived in a distant city, confided in me that she wished she could die. "I've outlived my close friends and relatives," she said. "I'm the only one left." Why live to 100 if life is miserable...
...Beijing has come under criticism for an approach to Africa that is perhaps more bloodless than it is cuddly. China's support of autocratic regimes, from Zimbabwe to Sudan - where Beijing effectively built up an oil industry from scratch - has exposed the Asian giant to accusations of turning a blind eye to human-rights abuses as it goes about securing natural resources and political influence. China has pumped billions of dollars into infrastructure projects throughout the continent, tying up key contracts in resource-rich states like Angola and the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo...