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...between 1971 and 2001 and that 8.6 million of England's 40 million adults drink more than the government guidelines of up to four units of alcohol (equivalent to two pints of lager) a day for men and three units for women. Another report showed that deaths from chronic liver disease, a prime indicator of alcohol-related damage to health, increased ninefold between 1970 and 2000 for people aged...
Research over the past decade has shown that the film covering your eyes is quite complicated. There's an inner layer of sugary proteins, followed by a more watery middle layer and then an oily layer on top. Chronic dry eye can result from an imbalance in any part of the film. For example, the oily layer, which is produced by glands at the base of the eyelashes, keeps tears from evaporating too quickly. If you don't make enough oil, you may need one of the thicker over-the-counter eyedrops to bolster that layer, along with warm compresses...
...stories already told, the urban poets of the 1990s became fake black mafiosi with legendary gangster surnames, telling fantasy crime tales that were ridiculous to anyone familiar with real ghetto street crime. The socially conscious lament began to disappear with Dr. Dre’s 1992 magnum opus, The Chronic. The music that Chuck D had called the “CNN of the hood” was replaced by a downwardly spiraling culture defined largely by fraudulent performance and outright glorification of ghetto nihilism in exchange for financial success...
These are just a few of the most urgent tragedies that are occurring every day around the world. Unfortunately, they are being championed by a mere handful of philanthropists and academics. Because these problems are chronic, difficult to fix and not spectacular disasters like the tsunami, they do not get the worldwide attention that they deserve...
Captain Jason Norman has shown flashes of the slashing guard that the Crimson so badly needs. But Norman’s sore knee—a chronic injury that has hampered him throughout his Harvard career—has kept him from developing into a consistent force. He has also had trouble drawing fouls and getting to the line, earning just 10 tries from the stripe and hitting just five...