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We feel that a uniform standard against which all applicants are measured is an essential part of the college admissions process in a nation where high schools differ greatly from district to district. Grade inflation is rampant at some high schools, but nonexistent in others. Small schools cannot offer students...
Linking muscle dysfunction to diseased organs is not entirely out of the mainstream. For years doctors measured thyroid function by testing how fast the tibial muscle jerks when the Achilles tendon is tapped. But for Goodheart, muscle testing is the diagnostic gold standard. He prods and palpates patients head to...
Sounds great. Namaste, as your instructor says at the end of a session: the divine in me bows to the divine in you. But let's up the ante a bit. Is yoga more than the power of positive breathing? Can it, say, cure cancer? Fend off heart attacks? Rejuvenate...
The most cited study around - Ornish's in 1990 - tested 94 patients with angiographically documented coronary heart disease, of whom 53 were prescribed yoga, group support and a vegetarian diet extremely low in fat - only 10% of total daily calories (most Americans consume 35% in fat; the American Heart Association...
War is complicated. Death is simple. And photos like these promise to assuage our longing for a simple answer to a temptingly simple question: Who is the bad guy here? Images of war have long helped sway opinion: the summary execution of a Viet Cong by a South Vietnamese police...