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...black adults who developed heart disease early had at least one of four risk factors - high blood pressure, being overweight, chronic kidney disease or low levels of "good" cholesterol (high-density cholesterol, or HDL). Blood pressure and heart risk rose in step: for each 10 mm increase in diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number of the ratio), the risk of having heart failure in their 40s doubled. For each 5.7 increase in body mass index (BMI), a ratio of weight and height, the risk of developing heart failure increased by 40%. And each 13.3 mg/dL drop in HDL levels also...
...treated aggressively enough to protect this population from early illness. "Our ability to intervene early and appropriately is limited," says Yancy. "That is something that we need to change because I think it's a crisis." Studies like this one that document the problem could be an important first step in sounding the alarm...
...Masters in the College’s history.Sullivan, Robinson, and their 8-year-old son, Ronald III, will move into Winthrop House this July, replacing outgoing House Masters Stephen P. Rosen ’74 and Mandana Sassanfar, who have led the House for the past six years and stepped down in January for personal reasons.NEW HOME, NEW PLANS Though Winthrop House undergraduates said they will miss the commitment and spirit that were characteristic of Rosen and Sassanfar’s leadership styles—reflecting on moments like Rosen’s raucous procession last month through the House...
...Currier fishbowl when Aaron C. Fallon ’11 grabbed the mic and ordered everybody to the dance floor. And no, he was not calling for all the single ladies or for anyone to walk it out. Instead, Fallon was heralding a completely different dance form: Irish step dancing. Last Saturday, Corcairdhearg—the Harvard College Irish Dancers—together with the Currier House Committee hosted the Currier March Party, featuring a traditional Irish Ceili before breaking into a St. Patrick’s Day-themed party with DJ Double Kay. With intriguing offerings of green beer...
...picture is further complicated by a third reformist candidate, former parliament speaker Mehdi Karroubi, who may not agree to step aside. In the 2005 election, similar attempts to settle on a single candidate to run against Ahmadinejad faltered, in part because Karroubi insisted on staying in that race...