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...inside U.S. borders in support of the Pentagon's new Northern Command, charged with protecting the homeland. The agency's officials insist they don't target American citizens. The question, said the source familiar with the panel's work, is: ?How do we use the technology of today to monitor the activities of citizens in a manner that protects civil freedoms...
...chief of the California Diabetes Prevention and Control Program. "It's get in, get your shot, and away you go." Diabetes, however, is a chronic disorder that demands constant attention. You have to change your eating habits and incorporate physical exercise into each day's activities. You need to monitor your glucose levels several times a day to see how well you're doing. These prevention measures pay off in the long run in fewer heart attacks, strokes, amputations and cases of blindness and kidney failure. But very few insurance programs focus on them--or pay for health professionals...
Hillary Carroll and her family have taken those lessons to heart. While still in the hospital, Hillary went through a kind of diabetes boot camp in which she learned how to monitor her blood-sugar levels, change the way she eats and boost the amount of physical activity in her life. Her parents bought her a turquoise BMX bike, which she rides at least an hour every day. She has lost 24 lbs. so far, and her glucose levels have stabilized. "Before she was diagnosed, she was happy to sit here by herself, playing with her Barbies," says Tammy Carroll...
...video monitor, two small marmosets - tree-dwelling South American monkeys with white ear tufts - cling tightly to each other, looking terrified. A third writhes in pain, postsurgery, on the floor of its cage; others have raw and bloody head wounds that seem crudely stitched up. The animals appear in a 21-minute exposé called Cutting Edge, shot for the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) in one of Cambridge University's neuroscience research labs. The monkeys' brains had been deliberately damaged in experiments meant to simulate the symptoms of stroke and Parkinson's disease. Important research that...
...portion of the bill, also known as H.R. 3077, authorizes an “International Advisory Board” to review all funds given to area studies centers under the Higher Education Act. The Board, unelected officials accountable to no one, would be empowered to “monitor, apprise and evaluate the activities of grant recipients,” address ways the program could “reflect national needs related to homeland security” and assure that the area studies centers “reflect diverse perspectives and the full range of views.” Only...