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Agrawal's study, published in the May 25 issue of the journal Archives of Internal Medicine, is among the first to highlight the prevalence of vestibular dysfunction. It also showed that patients who have the condition but are asymptomatic - that is, with no self-reports of dizziness - are still three times more likely to fall than healthy adults. The findings suggest that screening for such conditions during regular preventive care of patients over age 50 may lead to fewer falls and, ultimately, save lives. "Patients who are aware they're at a greater risk can take steps to minimize...
...rules unless they negotiate it with the other." A few sports columnists, offended by the speed with which she reached her decision, offered odd indictments of Sotomayor. "I'm sorry she's not male, so I could say what I really think," wrote Furman Bisher of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "I haven't the time or disposition to deal with NOW [the National Organization for Women] right now." However, the legal community for the most part still has high praise for her judgment. "It was the correct ruling," says Rick Karcher, sports law professor at the Florida Coastal School...
Sources: New York Times; Wall Street Journal; Reuters; Huffington Post; CNN; New York Times; Washington Post
Bear stearns was our warning shot. Back in March 2008, when the 85-year-old investment bank collapsed, we didn't yet know how common it would be for a financial firm to be brought to its knees over a panicked long weekend. The Wall Street Journal's Kate Kelly takes us inside Bear's last, dizzying days: the lawyers swarming the sixth floor, the pleading phone calls to investors for emergency billions, the sickening realization that a lifesaving loan from the Federal Reserve would last two days--not 28. Kelly flicks at Bear Stearns' backstory--how its eat-what...
...Indeed, a study published in the December Journal of Marriage and Family found that a man's involvement in his partner's pregnancy - trips to the doctor, childbirth classes, etc. - was the best way to secure his long-term dedication. Lead author Natasha Cabrera of the University of Maryland says, "It is the decision that couples make to strengthen commitment and move in together that is important, rather than marital status...