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...idea of quitting collectively came 12 years after the landmark U.S. Surgeon General's report connecting tobacco use to lung cancer, low birth weight and coronary disease. Lynn Smith, a newspaper editor in Monticello, Minn., and a former smoker, wrote editorials in the 1970s urging others to quit. Smith, who once told the New York Times he started smoking "as a teenager by picking up butts from the street during the Depression," organized a local event called "D-Day," or "Don't Smoke Day," in 1976. The next year, the California chapter of the American Cancer Society sponsored a similar...
...study initially designed to assess misdiagnosis rates of asthma among obese people - a population that prior studies suggest suffers more often and more severely from the disease - researchers at the University of Ottawa discovered that doctors may be overdiagnosing asthma in all patients, regardless of weight, by some 30%. "We were bowled over by these results," says Dr. Shawn Aaron, the study's lead author and head of respiratory medicine at the University of Ottawa. (See TIME's A-Z Health Guide...
...Obama has said lifting up Detroit is one of his top priorities, but even he might have mixed feelings about throwing his weight around before he takes office. In that respect, the stalemate is a bit reminiscent of the economic crisis Franklin D. Roosevelt faced in 1932 as President-elect, says Brookings Institution historian Stephen Hess. While Roosevelt could have done more to step in, he chose to wait to take office and exercise his full power - making a clean break and effectively laying all the blame on the previous Administration of Herbert Hoover. As Jonathan Alter writes...
...freshman pair of skipper Emily Lambert and crew Annie DeAngelo competed in the B division.Lambert and DeAngelo’s performance was particularly noteworthy because it was the most competitive regatta the rookies had ever sailed in.“This regatta, they were one of the smallest boats weight-wise, which was a disadvantage in the heavy wind…I think they showed a great deal of maturity when they had a bad race or a mistake,” Watson said. “College sailing is about consistency—you need to be able...
...amassed a 6-9 record on the day—O’Connor and co-captain Louis Caputo (184) provided plenty of inspiration themselves, posting the only two overall victories for Harvard.No. 5 O’Connor, competing for the first time in a heavier weight class, will undoubtedly see this ranking rise after defeating Cornell’s Jordan Leen, the nation’s best wrestler and defending national champion at 157. After dismantling four opponents who managed no better than a 6-2 margin, O’Connor battled fiercely in the finals, earning a takedown...