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...factors that contribute to heart disease are within most people's power to control - by keeping blood pressure and cholesterol low, staying slim and not smoking. "This is good news for patients, because if people believe their risk is driven by genetic factors, I think they are less likely to be motivated to adopt a healthy lifestyle," says Mosca. "We know what causes heart disease, for the most part." And we can't blame our genes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gene Screens Don't Help Predict Heart Disease | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...about the painful realities of the world than her frivolous classmates, even though that world-weariness came at a cost. However, when Li’l Bit is at her most vulnerable, Hunt cannot escape the fierceness that steers the rest of her performance. Otherwise poignant scenes are made less so by Hunt’s inability to act weak, distressed, or anxious...

Author: By Ali R. Leskowitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: B.U.'s 'How I Learned' Driven by Powerful Acting | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...Experts have for years tried and failed to prove a relationship between the strength of campaign finance laws and levels of corruption and public trust in government. Some of this is no doubt due to the subtleties of how money infiltrates the political process. Outright corruption, though real, is less common than implicit quid pro quos or even looser expectations of reciprocity. However, if the bills have failed to reduce corruption, which is easier to study and identify, how likely is it that they have significantly clamped down on means of influence that are harder to pin down? Especially given...

Author: By Dylan R. Matthews | Title: The Limits of Good Government | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

Nurses whose mothers drank at least four glasses of milk a day were 56 percent less likely to develop MS than those whose mothers drank less than three glasses per month, according to the study’s lead author, Fariba Mirzaei of the School of Public Health...

Author: By Nitish Lakhanpal, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Milk and Vitamin D Intake May Help Prevent MS | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...hard sell indeed, but one that European governments may have to make if the financial markets keep attacking Greece - and by extension, the euro. Helping an undeserving partner may be unpopular, but it's probably less so than the euro's possible demise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Paris and Berlin, Fury Over a Greek Bailout | 2/16/2010 | See Source »

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