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...disease risk does not necessarily translate to rising heart-disease deaths. Last year, the American Heart Association announced that since 1999, deaths from coronary heart disease fell a remarkable 25.8%. There are a lot of reasons for that happy development, but the leading ones are better drugs and technology, closer adherence to evidence-based practice guidelines and the simple precaution of getting people in cardiac distress to the hospital fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: More Americans at Higher Risk of Heart Disease | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

...multilateral mission," he says. "Besides the United States, 41 nations have contributed ... around 30,000 troops." At the same time, he "would very much like to see further contributions from the European side" - perhaps, he says, in the shape of military and police trainers. "We, the Europeans, should look closer into how we view the right balance within the alliance." Echoing the message from the Obama Administration, he says that winning the war rests on providing "Afghans [with] better life opportunities" and strengthening the country's security forces. "My criterion of success will be to gradually hand over responsibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO's Reformer: Anders Fogh Rasmussen | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

...efforts to strengthen trade and diplomatic ties with its neighbors - not only to counteract China's growing influence in Asia, but also to grab a greater share of fast-growing Asian markets. "Japan can benefit from high Asian growth rates even with low domestic demand," says JPMorgan's Kanno. Closer relationships with Asian economies, including China, can be facilitated by participating in regional free-trade agreements; in particular, Japan could win more friends by opening up its agricultural sector to cheap food from overseas in exchange for greater access to Asian markets for its higher-margin goods. "If Japan accepts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sea Change in Japanese Politics | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

...high as a third - opposes Ma's overtures to China. It's this constituency that nurtures former President Chen's pro-independence opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Even those who favor eventual unification with China embrace a strong sense of Taiwan identity. (Read "China and Taiwan Draw Closer, Amid Protests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting It Strait | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

Pfoho HoCo co-chair Laura Jaramillo ’10 said that the pFML wall is helpful because “in a really high stress environment, everyone needs an outlet.” She added that the wall makes the house closer: “Little things like that all help a feeling of community...

Author: By Alex M. Mcleese | Title: Pfoho's "Fuck My Life": Pfun? | 9/13/2009 | See Source »

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