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...Even if such promises are upheld, experts say, the NHS faces a funding crisis in the coming years. One recent report by the NHS Confederation, an independent membership body for the organizations that make up the NHS, found that even if the NHS's budget were increased 5% each year until 2011, rising costs would lead to a real-terms reduction in funding of some $15 billion over that period. "More with less" may be the management consultant's old adage, but with health-care systems around the globe under strain, citizens and politicians alike may have to adjust their...
Scientists at the University of Michigan, led by Dr. Robert Brook, found that the quality of air you breathe can immediately increase your blood pressure, and cause unhealthy changes in your blood vessels that last for hours and perhaps even days. The study measured the effect of air pollution in healthy people in two cities - Ann Arbor, Mich., and Toronto - where participants were exposed in the lab to the same amount of particulates and ozone that would be found near a local highway. People who breathed in polluted air registered higher blood-pressure readings a short time after exposure, compared...
After weeks of preparation and grueling two-a-days, Harvard men’s water polo hit the pool looking to make a splash. Instead, the squad sputtered in its first action of the season at the MIT Invitational this past weekend.Ten different players found the back of the net for the Crimson (0-3), but Harvard dropped all of its contests, falling to No. 13 Pacific, 17-4, Claremont 10-9, and Redlands, 15-7, at the Al and Barrie Zesiger Sports and Fitness center.“[This weekend] there have been a lot of good steps...
...beginning to take shape. As it turns out, all the Harvard women’s soccer team needed for its first win of 2009 was a single goal—and what a score it was.Second on the team in points and goals a year ago, junior Katherine Sheeleigh found the net for the first time this season, propelling the Crimson (1-1-1) to a 1-0 victory over New Hampshire (1-3-0) yesterday afternoon at Ohiri Field.“It feels really good for us,” co-captain Lizzy Nichols said...
...Harvard offense. The second half, though, belonged to Akpan. With the score knotted at one, the Grand Prairie, Texas native stepped up his game and led the Crimson to victory, scoring twice and adding an assist.Five minutes into the second half, Akpan gave Harvard the lead when he found the bottom right corner following a free kick right outside the penalty box. Too close to the goal to be able to shoot over the wall, Akpan coolly curled the ball around it, placing it perfectly into the side netting.His second came just three minutes later when he found some space...