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...have to remember that blood coagulation is important in the genesis of what we call thrombi, the blood clots that can block the blood vessels and cut off supply to the heart. When we wake up, platelets, the particles in the blood that make thrombi, are particularly adhesive to the vessels. Usually we have an endogenous system - it's called fibrinolysis - to dissolve the thrombi. But in the morning, the activity of our fibrinolytic system is reduced. So we have a greater tendency to make thrombi that can occlude the coronary vessels. This contributes to further reduction of coronary blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Are You Most Likely to Have a Heart Attack? | 7/22/2008 | See Source »

...arresting Haroun; Bashir refused. As if to show the prosecutor just how impotent the ICC was, al-Bashir promoted Haroun and expanded his influence a week after Ban Ki-moon left the country. In his new position as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Haroun was able to routinely block humanitarian aid to the 2.5 million Darfuris trapped in refugee camps. In addition, he was given three new titles: joint chairman of the committee to control media discourse, joint chairman of a fact-finding committee on human rights violations and member of the U.N.-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) force-monitoring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Sudan Was Brought to Court | 7/22/2008 | See Source »

...Eisenberg is chairman and major shareholder, is based in Asia House, an elegant office block he built in central Tel Aviv. The corporation has an annual turnover of more than $2.5 billion. United Development does not release such figures but has roughly the same revenues. One of Eisenberg's trade secrets, his associates say, is his extraordinary mind. ''The guy was never in a school of business or anything like that,'' says one ex-staff member. ''He did everything himself. He's exceptionally clever and has an amazing memory.'' Eisenberg speaks fluent German, Japanese, Yiddish and European-inflected English. Eisenberg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL'S SECRET WEAPON | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

...line superiority would permit Soviet strategic forces to grow 65% by 1989, compared with 45% for the U.S. The House Foreign Relations Committee passed a resolution last week urging the President to adhere to the limits, and legislation has been introduced in both the House and the Senate to block funding of any weapons that would exceed the terms of SALT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STAR WARS AT THE CROSSROADS | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

...Some Europeans have simply factored Pelagia noctiluca into their beach experience. Full-body Lycra suits designed to shield the skin from UV sun rays have become hot commodities this summer, according to Nice scuba-shop owner Stéphane Pinier, ever since people discovered that the garments also block jellyfish tentacles. Of course, choosing that method of avoiding the sting can itself be painful: the ungainly getup costs nearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Jellyfish Attack | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

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