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...effort to handicap those odds is where NNT comes in. It answers the question, How many people have to take this drug to avoid one heart attack? The same principle can be applied to avoiding one recurrence of cancer or stroke or whatever end point you choose to measure. In healthy men, the NNT for statins is about 50 (depending on which of dozens of statins is taken, age, family history, lifestyle and so on). So 50 men have to take these drugs in order to prevent a single--not necessarily fatal, heart attack...
...semester regarding the strengths and weaknesses of their teaching. Never again should a TF be surprised by his or her CUE scores at the end of the semester, because evaluation will be an on-going practice. With the growing importance of teaching portfolios for TFs, the ability to avoid recording low scores will be of great pragmatic value in the competitive world of academia. This is only in addition to the enormous personal value in improving one’s teaching, among the primary goals of most Harvard graduate students. Finally, the teaching hotline empowers faculty members by providing previously...
...Benitez writes. “Too bad it was her right hand.”Benitez writes that their future plans are mainly focused on marriage, and that neither are certain about continuing their education or career plans. “In general, you should avoid asking seniors that; they might start having convulsions,” he writes.Yet love means never having to say you’re sorry, apparently. “Part of learning to be the right person is learning to forgive, because as great as your soulmate is, he or she is not perfect...
...unusual for Sadr to drop out of sight for long spells, and he has previously traveled to Iran without much warning. If he is there now, it would seem to confirm reports that the Mahdi Army is seeking to avoid confrontation with American and Iraqi troops. In recent days, militia commanders have said they had received orders from Sadr's office in Najaf to stand down...
...billionaire Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was overthrown in a coup last September by a more austere clutch of generals. Led by interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, who spent time in a monastery after retiring from the military, Thailand's new leaders have called for the Buddhist-majority nation to avoid capitalist excess and embrace moderation...