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...artery-choking plaques. As it turns out, lowering cholesterol levels doesn't change the size of the plaques very much. But it makes them less reactive, thereby lowering the chances that they will rupture. Similarly, even a modest reduction in blood pressure decreases the likelihood that a plaque will burst, reducing the risk of both heart attack and stroke. The payoff can be huge. "It isn't just a matter of living an extra day," explains Dr. James Cleeman, coordinator of the National Cholesterol Education Program at the National Institutes of Health. "Avoiding strokes and heart attacks adds quality...
Katherine Harris jokes aside, women have always spent a lot of time on their eyelashes. But lately, the little things have been getting a new burst of fashion attention, with salons offering a host of mascara-free treatments ranging from eyelash extensions to tinting and perms...
...boys are back in force. And in a buyer's market: Thanks to the burst tech bubble, the cost of a 30-second spot is up only $100,000 this year, compared to last year's half-million jump, and some reports have it that CBS was still looking for takers as late as Friday. (For movie companies, the price was still a little rich. Only MGM, with "Hannibal," Universal, with "The Mummy Returns," and Columbia, with "A Knight's Tale," have bought game-time spots (one each) and Paramount is running its "Tomb Raider" ads during the cheaper...
Being located in a Web-crazed country did not prevent shares of South Korea's Internet companies from plummeting after the global dotcom bubble burst last spring. (The country's high-tech kosdaq stock exchange has tumbled 80% since its peak in March--steeper than nasdaq's fall.) But that hasn't shattered South Korean faith in the New Economy. Info tech still accounts for more than 10% of the $400 billion economy, and that percentage must grow further if the country is to continue its economic climb. With its labor now expensive in international terms, and with few natural...
...some x-ray novae, the dense star is a neutron star. In these situations, gas and other matter flow away from the normal star and eventually collide with the surface of the neutron star--causing an explosion that releases a bright burst of energy...