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...issues addressed in "The Prescription Gender Gap"--which questions the benefits to women of statins--merit context [March 29]. Heart disease and stroke remain the No. 1 and 3 killers of Americans, including women. Statin therapy as part of a comprehensive treatment regimen that includes lifestyle modification is highly effective for both men and women and is in part responsible for the recent 30% decline in deaths due to heart disease and stroke. It is correct that more women should be enrolled in clinical trials, side effects of any therapy are real, and not all persons receive the same degree...
...most eloquent poems are those that give credence to three things: the fact of extinction, the fact of aspiration, and the fact of failure in the aspiration. Failure can generate a comic view. It can put you in the human context of others, not judging solely by aspiration, but by the degree to which you and others have failed...There is a big push when you’re young to become yourself, and then you realize that no matter what you’ve done, you’re mortal and unsuccessful. That unites you to the sorrows...
...Crimson that Harvard has in recent years sought to deepen its focus on cultures that have historically been “underrepresented” in the University’s curriculum and exhibitions. Her new role, she said, will allow her to supply that need from within the context of the University’s art museum...
...added that art gallery visitors can learn to make previously undiscovered connections between different cultures and that a “visual dialogue” between different types of art can expand the “perspective and context in which students and museum visitors consider the scope of art history...
...This is especially evident on the songs written by keyboardist Kevin Hearn such as “Northern Lights,” which is largely dominated by slow meandering guitar playing, and “Jerome,” which sounds akin to an old country song. In context, these very different types of songs encapsulate Barenaked Ladies’ mobility and freshness and contribute well to the album’s versatile sound...