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...bill for schools, the feds set the national direction--especially since the 2001 passage of No Child Left Behind, which established standards for measuring student progress. A new Education Secretary could, if he or she so desired, gut the accountability provisions in No Child Left Behind with the stroke of a pen. And in Washington, where the budget is controlled by Congress, Obama's leadership could give Rhee enormous momentum--or shut her down. "It would send a huge message if this Administration actually took a side on where we are with the union negotiations here," she says. The question...
...some choice words for what they view as Washington's lack of help. "Paulson and the rest of them don't give a damn about what's happening to us," said Angela Butler, 49, a school custodian who, after going on disability two years ago when she suffered a stroke, refinanced her four-bedroom Miami Gardens house to a lower, adjustable rate - only to see her monthly payment shoot up almost $1,100 this year. "All the dominoes are falling on top of us out here," Butler added, gripping her cane, "and they're just sitting up there behind their...
...duration of the study, participants recorded their nightly sleep habits in a sleep diary; their blood pressure was monitored all day and night, using an ambulatory blood pressure monitor, a small halter-like device that takes readings every 30 minutes 24 hours a day. Cardiovascular events including stroke, heart attack and sudden cardiac death were tracked among the participants...
...Crestor), and half were given a placebo daily for just under two years. The statin group reduced their CRP levels by 37%; their LDL, or bad cholesterol, levels dropped 50% to about 55 mg/dL. Among the 8,901 statin-takers, 31 suffered a heart attack and 33 suffered a stroke. When compared with the placebo group, those figures translated to a 54% lower risk of heart attack and a 48% lower risk of stroke in people taking a statin for inflammation - double the reduction of risk in patients who lower their cholesterol alone...
...state of the evidence but also herald new guidelines for the prevention of heart disease and redefine the traditional at-risk population. Many people who, for example, lack outward signs of heart disease may have high CRP levels, which could put them at silent risk for heart attack or stroke. According to the study, published also in the New England Journal of Medicine, at least 250,000 heart attacks, or about 20% of the total heart attacks suffered per year in the U.S., may be prevented by controlling inflammation. Indeed, nearly half of all heart attacks occur in people with...