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...Mediterranean-style diet is a very important part in the treatment of diabetes. We knew that," says Dr. Loren Greene, a New York University Medical Center endocrinologist, who was not involved in the study. "But there just hasn't been a good study to confirm this before." Some past studies have suggested that eating fewer carbohydrates can help diabetes patients lower their blood sugar. Other research has shown that intake of monounsaturated fats like olive oil can improve patients' insulin sensitivity, allowing the body to naturally control blood sugar more effectively. (Read "Heart Risk for Diabetics May Be Exaggerated...
...treatment of and expectations from athletes may also have changed. Last year’s Louisiana State University starting quarterback, Andrew Hatch, will be returning to Harvard. I remember sitting in the newly opened Lamont Library and noticing with surprise someone from my hometown whom I had not previously considered likely to be admitted. He was approached by an assistant football coach and asked why he was not coming to practice. He stated simply that he was too busy doing schoolwork...
...Constitutional question," Bradbury argued that the lack of objections from members of Congress following the classified briefing contributed to providing "a relevant measure of contemporary standards." If Bradbury had concluded that extended sleep deprivation did "shock the conscience," the technique would have been illegal under the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, which applied constitutional standards to the treatment of CIA detainees...
...practice, detainees were shackled in a standing position, with their hands positioned below their chins and above their hearts, preventing sleep. If the detainee collapsed, or developed swelling in the legs, the detainee would be reshackled in a sitting position that would similarly prevent sleep. The treatment could last up to 96 hours, or longer with specific authorization from the Justice Department. Two other recently declassified memos show that one unnamed detainee received two one-day extensions to a course of sleep deprivation in November 2007, for a total of six days of consecutive sleep deprivation...
...late 2007, after a presidential campaign event in Iowa, McCain said that he supported the prosecutions of any government employee who violated laws governing detainee treatment after October 2006, when the Military Commissions Act was passed. "After we passed the Detainee Treatment Act, the Military Commissions Act, then obviously anybody who violated any law of the United States would have to be held responsible," McCain told reporters...