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...patients following the Mediterranean diet were able to control their blood sugar without medication, compared with 30% of those on the low-fat regimen. The Mediterranean dieters were also able to maintain slightly more weight loss than the low-fat group - 8.4 lb. vs. 7.1 lb. - and showed small improvements in triglyceride and HDL cholesterol (the good kind) levels, both risk factors for heart disease...
...that finalizing appointments has been a “challenge” because people are often traveling and vacationing during the summer months. Once the panel is convened, the full group will likely meet three or four times over a period of three to five months, Wexler said. Other small group meetings may be held as well, and additional phases may be added if needed, he said. The CPD hired Jennifer Flagg, former chief administrative officer of the Mass. Turnpike Authority, in early August to serve as a liaison to the panel and to facilitate police discussions, according...
...confirmation. By licensing Harvard Yard, the university is doing what it can to support financial aid—which runs directly counter to the “elitism” the clothing line’s critics denounce. This is a case in which the benefits outweigh the incredibly small costs, particularly in a bleak economic climate that has already diminished or destroyed several other universities’ commitments to financial aid. Unfortunately, the media coverage of the clothing line has blown Harvard’s decision out of proportion. The reality is that Harvard is rightly doing everything...
...Here is a brief history of the Class of 2013: At your 25th but not at your 35th reunion, activities will include provision for small children. By your 50th you will still vividly remember your college days. The intervening years will be a blur. You will also be surprised that members attending their 60th will on the whole be in better shape than your class (survivor selection). After 75 years the books on the class will be archived. But look on the bright side. The time from the year I was born until the year your class records are finished...
...Kadima's right wing could take advantage of the crisis to split the party and cross over to the Likud, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been trying to woo them for months. Such a move would bolster Netanyahu's shaky coalition that depends for its survival on small right-wing parties that champion unlimited Israeli settlement in the West Bank...