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When asked whether this ratio accurately represents the mental health situation at Harvard, University Health Services Director of Behavioral Health and Academic Counseling Paul Barreira that the number of Harvard students seeking mental health services who have seriously considered suicide is much lower than the national statistic, since the proportion...

Author: By Monica S. Liu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Study Reveals Suicide Risk Statistics | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

These limiting factors, however, exist in stark contrast with the way Harvard Football conducts its business. Harsh and demanding training regimens are paired with ambitious recruiting techniques. For Witt, this translated into incompatibility. “I never felt comfortable as a Harvard football player,” he says...

Author: By Mark J. Chiusano and Hyung W. Kim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Leaving the Locker Room | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

If that's the case, then why the glut of blended sugars rather than pure glucose in our foods today? Glucose isn't as sweet as fructose, and because our collective sweet teeth have become accustomed to a certain level of sweetness, anything less might be unsatisfying. "The proportion of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All Sugars Aren't the Same: Glucose Is Better, Study Says | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

The AIG debacle aside, the rotten apple in our culture is the notion that executives are able to "create" value that is worth astronomical multiples of that created by the daily toil of ordinary members of our society. We have lost our sense of proportion. Jim Williams, Castle Rock, Colo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 4/20/2009 | See Source »

Among the patients who were screened, 5.5% needed procedures, such as bypass or angioplasty, to restore blood flow to the heart during the course of the trial. A similar proportion, 7.8%, of unscreened patients required similar procedure. The difference was not statistically significant, meaning that the screening did little to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heart Risk for Diabetics May Be Exaggerated | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

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