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...performance based on the race of the patient. He's also experimenting with what he calls "cultural competency training": lessons designed to help doctors recognize when patients may not share the same assumed health conditions, or when patients may face constraints that make the standard dietary and exercise guidance tougher to follow. Sequist emphasizes that these lessons are not aiming to teach doctors "what a black patient thinks," but to get doctors to find out what their patients actually do think. Results of the trial won't be available until later this year. But, if it works, it could...
...soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq say they can't see a mental-health professional when they need to. When the number of troops in Iraq surged by 30,000 last year, the number of Army mental-health workers remained the same - about 200 - making counseling and care even tougher...
...tough six-week span. “We had a nice start to the season, but then we got to a point where the level of team we were playing was better,” head coach John Tillman said. “We faced a much tougher schedule, and everyone on that schedule was very strong. We knew it was going to be a challenge...We were in it for most of those games, too, it was just a matter of trying to get over the hump.” The toughest task for the newly-appointed Tillman...
...returning five freshmen and six sophomores, and players like Livingston and Voith will combine with rising seniors Connolly and David Tune to form a formidable squad capable of turning heads in next year’s Northern and Eastern Championships.“We’re playing tougher opponents now—this is the way the program is going now,” Livingston said. “[A top-four finish] is what we’re shooting for now, and we’re going to come back better and stronger...
...year tenure. Harvard finished second behind Navy in the Petite Final.“This year, there are a lot of fast teams out there,” Medioli said. “I’m sure we’ve been racing against a tougher field than normal. In my experience, we work very, very hard all the time. I can’t look back on the season and say we should have done that differently.”Though Harvard was in the lead for almost the entire race, the second varsity eight placed second behind...