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...King Abdullah that he did "not want to prejudge" the outcome of the Justice Department's inquiry into the policy's legal underpinnings and that he would not want any inquiry to turn into a partisan witch hunt. "I do worry about this getting so politicized that we cannot function effectively, and it hampers our ability to carry out critical national-security operations," he said. But at that point it was too late. By not entirely ruling out the authors' prosecution - as his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, had appeared to do over the weekend - the President had effectively unleashed...
...Both groups gained similar amounts of weight by the end of the 12 weeks, but only the people drinking fructose-sweetened beverages with each meal showed signs of unhealthy changes in their liver function and fat deposits. In this group, the liver churned out more fat, while the subjects consuming similar amounts of glucose-sweetened drinks showed no such change. The fructose-drinking volunteers also were not as sensitive to insulin, the hormone released by the pancreas to capture and break down glucose in the blood and store it as fat. Insulin insensitivity is one of the first signs...
Brenner will fill a position whose function unifies previously dissociated roles within the school. Speaking of the new office, Spaepen said, “These duties in fact were distributed to a whole lot of people, but many were left to [Brenner] as well...
...Raymond W. McDaniel, Jr., chairman and CEO of Moody’s Corporation, proclaimed, “I firmly believe that Moody’s business stands on the ‘right side of history’ in terms of the alignment of our role and function with advancements in global capital markets.” Editorialists, pundits, and lawmakers alike have scrutinized this sentiment over the past year, debating the role that credit-rating agencies played in the subprime crisis. Instead of the blame game it used to be, this debate has recently become a more fruitful discussion...
...exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - the group responsible for 10% of all hospital admissions in the country - can be treated at home using telemedicine technology. In a bare office in the hospital, Dr Phanareth monitors patients via a pulse oximeter device and a spirometer device (for lung function) that are blue-tooth enabled and linked through a secure web connection to the hospital. Using videoconference technology, he can guide the patients on whether to administer oxygen, nebulizer therapy and other treatments. "Usually when a doctor wants to do a study like this he comes across red tape...