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...being overly cautious? Not at all, Ting says, describing the attitude of doctors who brush off slightly elevated blood pressure as "the fatal smile" syndrome. "Patients get a clean bill of health from such doctors, and the next week they get a stroke," he says. "It's not enough to treat people with very high blood pressure. We're targeting people with no symptoms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TING CHOON MENG: A Relentless Watch on Your Pulse | 11/14/2007 | See Source »

...Witness the taboo that is single-payer health care, something which no Democratic candidate short of Dennis Kucinich is publicly supporting. Self-described progressives can’t understand those who brush off their inexorable logic. European countries, they point out, spend a fraction of what we do on health care but have healthier populations. Thus, a single-payer system is obviously the solution...

Author: By Will E. Johnston | Title: Putting the Horse Before the Cart | 11/14/2007 | See Source »

...petition in Juvenile Court against the minor accused of starting the Buckweed Fire," a statement from D.A. Steve Cooley said Tuesday afternoon. "The evidence presented by Sheriff's investigators was that the fire was caused by the 10-year-old boy playing with matches and accidentally igniting the brush. There is no evidence of intent on the part of the minor. The District Attorney's Office is referring the matter to the Department of Children and Family Services for evaluation of the minor's situation to determine if other intervention is necessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Charges for 10-Year Old in Wildfire | 11/13/2007 | See Source »

...mention the companies involved. Or consider the experience of Maha Sherif, president and CEO of Ageless Beauty, a beauty company based in Valencia, Calif., that markets Marvel-Minis, three separate light-based devices that are claimed to tackle acne (blue light), wrinkles (red) and sun spots (green). The brush-shaped tools ($225 each), which have not yet gotten the FDA's nod, went on sale at Nordstrom in April. "We ran out of stock in the first 30 days," boasts Sherif. "And I got phone calls from [potential partners and buyers] after just 20 days of being in business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cosmetics: The Newest Wrinkle | 11/12/2007 | See Source »

...intensity up close?When young kids cheer for the Crimson, they are not rooting for roommates and friends but simply watching athletes excel. To anyone who aspires to be like them one day, just getting an autograph or seeing the Crimson pull out a last minute victory is a brush with excitement.So even as I don my collared shirt and khaki pants to blend in with my fellow reporters this season, I’ll still be searching for those fans who might unwittingly grow up to be just like me.—Staff writer Robert T. Hamlin...

Author: By Robert T. Hamlin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HAMMING IT UP: 'Ice Mite' Becomes College Reporter | 11/6/2007 | See Source »

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