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...brain is nothing if not a biological machine - one that works like any other machine, at least when it comes to temperature. Parts that are working harder than others become hotter than others, thanks to the additional flow of blood shunted their way. Engineer Tom Chau of the University of Toronto suspected he could take advantage of that fact...
...that's the case, it would add to the growing list of statins' unexpected benefits. Initially the drugs were designed to inhibit the liver's ability to make cholesterol, but it turned out that they not only lowered LDL, but raised levels of HDL, or good cholesterol, in the blood as well. In the early 2000s, researchers reported that statins also reduced inflammation, a process that appears to contribute to the rupture of unstable plaques in the heart vessels, which triggers heart attack...
...This is a man who went on public buses. He's the kind of baby-kissing politician we're used to here in the United States. He rolled up his sleeves publicly and gave blood. He tries to straddle the world of Islam and Islamic clericalism, and the world of the people." -Elaine Sciolino, New York Times correspondent, on Khatami's groundbreaking reelection campaign. (BBC, June...
...West Bank, which Abbas controls by dint of the presence of the Israeli army, his security forces cracked down brutally on fellow Palestinians protesting the Israeli offensive. Palestinians ask why Abbas did not go to Gaza during the fighting to show solidarity with its residents, or organize blood or food help for Gaza's victims. Says Diana Buttu, a lawyer and ex-adviser on the Palestinian team that negotiated with Israelis, "The problems of Palestine are much bigger than Fatah versus Hamas, but Abbas tried to turn it into that. He couldn't see beyond the petty differences, even...
...Stanford School of Medicine and author of Ethical Dilemmas in Pediatrics. "We respect people's religious beliefs and try to compromise, but we won't deny treatment that will save lives." Frankel says he's taken Jehovah's Witnesses to court in the past when they've refused blood transfusion for their children in life-threatening cases. "The judge invariably rules in our favor and I've never had a child denied care," says Frankel...