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Find yourself on the southern edge of Africa with 48 hours to spare and a good set of wheels at your disposal? Then set the GPS coordinates for Franschhoek in the Western Cape, and from there take a spin down Africa's southernmost road - the Garden Route. Here's an itinerary for two days of indulgence...
...unknown. The final reason is to generate locally relevant results to stimulate political will for health promoting policy. The Harvard School of Public Health and African scientists have begun an ambitious project to start cohorts of 100,000 people in each of 4 countries covering west, east, and southern Africa. Doing so would reduce the US-Africa disparity in cohort enrollees from 1,000-to-1 down to 20-to-1. Cohort studies require substantial investment in personnel and infrastructure, but give immeasurable returns. These studies can run for decades, so in addition to research objectives, they build local capacity...
...computer counseling has its detractors, particularly when it fails to get at the root of patients' sleep issues. "There is only so far you can go with it," notes Dr. S.K. Mostafavi, who runs the Advanced Sleep Medicine Services chain of sleep clinics in Southern California and has served as a sleep "guru" for the popular weight-loss reality show The Biggest Loser. Online therapy can be helpful as an educational tool, says Mostafavi, but he cautions, "You don't have the benefit of talking to a professional and finding out what is causing the insomnia." (Insomnia...
...over the top to most of us on the student council at the time—like hitting a small question with a big hammer,” said council-member Abe F. Lowenthal ’61, now a professor of international relations at the University of Southern California.Whether students were outraged at the idea of loyalty oaths or not, the political and social climate at the time seems to have stifled any potential engagement—students simply had other priorities.“There was not a great deal of [political] activity at the time...
...place, which offers plenty of artistic, culinary and recreational opportunities against a panoramic backdrop of ocean, peaks and plains. "Christchurch is a beautifully green, clean, safe city," says Ellis, who appreciates that "it's 10 minutes to surf at the beach and an hour from a snowboard in the Southern Alps. I go for a coffee at the funky cafés in town or grab a beer down by the Avon." (See pictures of luxury private islands...