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...DeYoung said she did not feel the change would decrease the likelihood of another attack...
...formulated a tentative plan of action to reduce the likelihood of such an attack in the future...
Lists that segment people into clearly-defined categories are particularly valuable to direct marketers, which can tailor their sales pitch to a particular demographic and therefore increase the likelihood of making a sale...
...contrary (i.e., Larry King, Tony Randall), older men cannot father babies as easily as they might think. Scientists have discovered that male fertility--much like female--declines with age. The older a man is, the longer it takes his partner to conceive, irrespective of her age. The likelihood of a man impregnating a woman in a year of trying decreases 3% for every year after his 24th birthday...
...with medication." But they don't provide any figures. Dr. Roger Blumenthal of Johns Hopkins Medical School cites a number of studies--one of which was published just three weeks ago--showing that bypass patients who lower their LDL (bad cholesterol) levels to 100 mg/dl or less reduce their likelihood of needing additional invasive treatment...