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...there are cases in which homocysteine levels may prove vitally important. People with kidney disease or diabetes, for example, or those who have a family history of heart disease are much more likely to suffer a heart attack. For them, even a modest decrease in cardiac risk can pay big dividends. Moreover, some people have a genetic mutation that reduces levels of a homocysteine-eating enzyme. A second meta-analysis, out of the Netherlands and also reported in last week's JAMA, shows that the mutation raises heart-disease rates 16%--and thus makes the impact of homocysteine reduction correspondingly...
...sharing a bathroom with a bunch of people in a college dorm. As for parents who feel that they need a buffer zone from their children, maybe they shouldn't have kids in the first place. Americans ought to stop keeping up with the Joneses and instead own a modest home, live a debt-free lifestyle and get a dog. That's the plan my husband and I have. LISA GIASSA Bogota...
...clear: support is gaining. The most interesting battles on the November ballot are over pot initiatives: to allow the city of San Francisco to grow and distribute medical marijuana, to replace jail with rehab in Ohio and decriminalize marijuana use in Arizona. Many of these proposals are relatively modest, but the pro-pot forces are also raising the stakes. In spite of the electorate's contentment with the paradox of loose enforcement, some particularly powerful people on both sides have taken extreme viewpoints in an effort to end the political stalemate and force Americans to choose. Either...
...arts champion Samuel de Cubber. Ford calls it a "very academic nude," and says it is meant to pay homage to the landmark 1971 Yves Saint Laurent ads featuring a naked Saint Laurent sitting with his legs demurely crossed. Mainstream American magazines like GQ have opted to run a modest, genital-free version. Edgier titles including French Vogue and Visionaire will go for the Full Monty. Lacoste is also launching a fragrance campaign starring a naked man, but the Herb Ritts photo uses that old crossed-leg trick again. The real reason behind the debut of these bare boys...
...Invade Iraq: A Modest Proposal...