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...website is not for everyone, of course. For those whose problem is so serious that quitting entirely is the only safe route, more intensive treatment - often maintained indefinitely - may be needed. Still, for people on the borderline who don't want to find themselves in that danger zone in a few years, a little Web-based self-awareness may make a very big difference...
...subjects botched the job, pouring out an average of 8% too little or 12% too much, depending on spoon size. Using a medium-size tablespoon they erred on the side of caution and tended to underdose. Using a large tablespoon, they overcompensated and overdosed. That is where the real danger lies. (See the most common hospital mishaps...
...percent may not sound like a lot," says Brian Wansink, professor of marketing at Cornell and director of its food and brand lab. "But this goes on every four to eight hours for up to four days. So it really adds up to the point of ineffectiveness or even danger." Increasing numbers of over-the-counter medications come with dosing cups, but many people lose them, don't like them or don't know how to use them and simply feel more comfortable with a spoon...
...disarmament talks by claiming that America's planned missile-defense system was holding up the new treaty. Russia has long claimed that the missile-defense system, components of which Obama agreed to remove from Europe last year, would force it to increase its nuclear capability. "There is a danger that our partners, by creating such an 'umbrella,' will feel completely secure and thus can allow themselves to do what they want, disrupting the balance, and aggressiveness will rise immediately," Putin said...
...sides will remain locked in a nightmarish anachronism, with nuclear annihilation of both sides always only minutes away. As Andreasen says, "Most experts agree: We will need to do more than the new START, with greater urgency and on a much broader front, to get ahead of the nuclear danger...