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...despite the fact that diabetes patients lost less weight after surgery than patients without the disease, 90% of the former group still saw their blood-sugar levels fall after the procedure. That meant they could also cut back significantly on the amount of medication they needed. According to Dr. Osama Hamdy, director of the Obesity Clinical Program at Joslin Diabetes Center, the chances may be even better for those patients who address their diabetes early on. "If you have had diabetes for a long time, your response to surgery may not be as good as that of people who have...
...Though gifts to the University as a whole continued to increase, as they have for the past few years, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences saw a drop in donations from $205 million in fiscal year 2007 to $191 million this year...
...heat of a campaign, Schmidt understood that outrage could cut through the news clutter like a buzz saw. It didn't matter much if the outrage was fueled by fact - better if it was fueled by emotion, which would tweak the fury of his base, leading to exciting exchanges on cable television and fresh chatter around the watercooler. Unlike health care or foreign policy, the emotional charge of outrage has a magnetic effect; voters are forced to take sides and respond, shifting the debate...
...Friday’s showing testified not only to the team’s ability to compete overall, but also to the steady progress of Leone’s freshmen in only their third game of collegiate action. Beyond starters Baskind and Kowal, three other rookies saw time in Friday’s game. So far, Leone has no qualms about throwing them into tight situations—he not only played all five in the first half, when the lead was comfortable, but also gave them major minutes in the rockier moments of the second frame...
...Chronicle reported that the student was passing through the Common after coming from his gym when he saw a teenage male urinating in the park. He said he was then punched in the head by another assailant and, according to the community advisory, struck several more times by three additional males...