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...surprisingly then, the new cardiac scans are helping to fuel a more aggressive focus on prevention. If a cardiac scan shows your doctor that you have mild coronary artery disease, then, in addition to trying to get your LDL cholesterol level under 70 mg/dL, he or she is probably going to put you on a daily aspirin regimen and make sure your blood pressure is nice and low. "Conversely," says Cannon, "if you have a scan and you're normal, you don't have to start taking five different medications...
Researchers presented black and white subjects with images of two black and two white males. During the presentation of one of the black faces and one of the white faces, subjects were administered a mild shock. The shock was designed to condition the subject to fear the two faces. Fear responses were measured through increases in the activity of sweat glands, which offered researchers a window into subject’s emotional state...
Much has been made of how "gentle" the new Pope is. And his comportment and rhetoric have been relatively mild, especially in contrast to his 24 years as a heresy hunter. (While discussing AIDS prevention with African bishops, for instance, rather than restating John Paul's opposition to condoms, he simply called abstinence the only "fail-safe" way to prevent HIV.) But those who missed the "Panzer Kardinal" were rewarded in the weeks before an unusual political triumph on June 13. It was clear that Benedict regarded Europe as the epicenter of the secular relativism he scorned...
...Harvard when I stumble out of my room and step into a deliciously crusty puddle of slightly-polluted slush. Instead, I stand atop the Pão de Açucar, a prominence circled by Guanabara Bay, facing the city, and I see Rio soaking in its own mild winter (scoff!) sunset, the waves washing up against the city lights. I kneel on the ground and lift my arms to the sky, weeping and shouting “No!” for a substantial amount of time...
CALL OF THE WILD Game meats are big, especially wild boar--mild and surprisingly tasty in sausages, rillettes and saucisson by D'Artagnan...