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...Some 32% to 84% of asthma patients - the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute estimates there are more than 22 million in the U.S. - may suffer from acid reflux, or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), according to past research cited in the current study. Only about half of those patients have the usual symptoms of GERD, such as nausea, chest pain or heartburn, but doctors think the condition may exacerbate asthma, possibly by causing aspiration of acid into the lungs. The common practice, set forth by National Institutes of Health guidelines, is to treat asthmatic patients - particularly those who have severe...
...Washington HIV Infections Soar in the Nation's Capital A report by the District of Columbia revealed that at least 3% of residents suffer from HIV or AIDS--among the highest rates in the nation and a figure that far outstrips the 1% benchmark that the city's HIV/AIDS administration says indicates a "severe" epidemic. The city's rate of infection--which has risen 22% since 2006--surpasses those found in some developing nations, and officials warn that the actual tally is even higher than the reported number. More than 75% of residents harboring the virus are African American...
...Sarah B. Honig ’10 said she was impressed with the survey results, but added that the statistics might be inflated since the survey was conducted by the administration. Students may have been reluctant to give their advising experience low ratings for fear that their advisers would suffer consequences, Honig said. “They’re very impressive, but again and again, all we hear anecdotally is how unsatisfied students are with advising,” Honig said. “Something doesn’t seem to match up.” Senan Ebrahim...
...despite the potential for a summer of discontent, those close to loyalist paramilitary groups (who have failed to fulfill their peacetime commitments and decommission their weapons) are ruling out a return to violence. "The situation has the potential to deteriorate if lives are lost or if civilians were to suffer injury," says John Kyle of the paramilitary-linked Progressive Unionist Party. "But we've been in regular contact with loyalist groups over these past weeks and nobody is talking about retaliation...
...character, “Duplicity” banks on the overdone spy archetype and a few flimsy love scenes to validate its guileful plot. The audience is supposed to assume that as spies, Claire and Ray jet glamorously around the world wearing stilettos and aviators but suffer internally from the effects of their constant double-dealing. Oftentimes they struggle to maintain faith even in each other. “Admit it,” Claire muses after testing Ray’s fidelity by planting her black lacy thong in his apartment. “You don?...