Word: karachi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...studies up to now have been giving inconsistent answers in terms of how long it takes for the risk ofstroke to go away after quitting," said theprincipal author of the study, Dr. Ichiro Karachi,assistant professor of health and social behaviorat the School of Public Health...
...Until recently, a physician's advice to awoman quitting smoking is that it could take aslong as 15 years or as little as two years for thebenefits," Karachi said...
...Karachi stressed that despite "substantialbenefits from stopping [smoking]," the best advicestill remains not to start...
...Karachi said he plans to continue his studieson other diseases. "We're going to be examiningsimilar things in terms of heart attacks, coronaryheart disease, and heart disease," he said
...money by itself will not prevent the collapse of megacities. The troubles of a Karachi or a Jakarta will not disappear if planners from the World Bank rush in to build housing projects and a freeway system. Humanitarian aid in the form of food and medicine can be a godsend, but it will not give a city prosperity...