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...NOTEBOOK: The Crimson has only one meet left before Christmas break, a matchup against Army on Friday, December 7th. The Cadets' strengths lie in their freestyle events, but Harvard hopes to overtake them in the stroke and diving events. Crimson, 159.5-77.5 in Providence...
That is an understatement. Diabetes more than doubles the risk of a disabling heart attack or stroke. It is the leading cause of blindness in adults and accounts for a third of all cases of kidney failure. Only traumatic injuries are responsible for more amputations. Altogether, the complications have made diabetes the seventh leading cause of death...
...summers ago, Hettler strolled barefoot across some sun-scorched pavement and blistered his feet. Ominously, the blisters on his right foot refused to heal. A few months later the foot was so badly infected that it had to be amputated. Shortly before Christmas, Hettler, 47, suffered a paralyzing stroke. The infection and the stroke were complications resulting directly from the slow progression of diabetes. "The disease," observes Hettler, "can really creep...
...control when the penalty was called," Clark said. "A stroke is only supposed to be called if the play can be considered an automatic goal. There were two defenders and Lisa behind me...even if she got the shot off, it wasn't necessarily a goal...
...stroke should never have been called," Loren Ambinder said. "The girl [Stacey Shelly] entered the circle and fell down. It should have been a corner...