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...Realtors around the country have for the past few years been dealing with the double blow of sinking home prices and falling transactions. That has not only led to lower pay checks and a drop in the number of real estate agents nationwide, but also a rise in foreclosures among realtors themselves. (Read "Four Steps to Ending the Foreclosure Crisis...
Bednarz's prescription for lower-oil medicine also demands more emphasis on public health and preventive medicine - a focus on wellness rather than illness - which would naturally lower the burden on the health-care system. He adds that physicians can further reduce their dependence on technology - and oil - by better developing their experiential and tactile knowledge, reclaiming a part of medicine's low-tech past. Much of the energy-intensive lab tests and scans doctors routinely prescribe are "redundant, unnecessary," he says. "An important element in care is whether you feel the person caring for you cares...
...Cambridge was designated to receive $2.7 million for special education—75 percent of its budget. The budget cuts will likely lower this reimbursement rate to 72 percent...
...toward Livni's two-state approach to peace with the Palestinians, it could yet be swayed by Netanyahu's more hawkish stance on Iran. And then there's the Obama factor. Given Obama's stated preference for dialogue with Tehran, many in Israel are concerned that his Administration may lower the pressure on the regime. If Obama's victory has left Israelis uncertain about the intentions of his Administration, they may be more inclined to elect Netanyahu, a hawk with a track record of going around a U.S. President to appeal to pro-Israel sentiment in Congress when he didn...
Although JUPITER (Justification for the Use of Statins in the Prevention: an Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastatin) was designed to study inflammation, its findings also underscore the risk of high cholesterol. The study's statin group clearly benefited from reducing CRP, but they had also simultaneously lowered their LDL levels to nearly 50% below the government-prescribed target of 100 mg/dL. Experts say the JUPITER results may prompt serious rethinking of the current guidelines - an issue that health officials have already been debating in recent years. "I would not be surprised if, given these results, we determined that normal LDL should...