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Obesity is another big risk factor. People with depression or bipolar disorder are about twice as likely to be obese as the general population; in people with schizophrenia, that likelihood is three times greater. This is in part because so many psychotropic medications cause weight gain. At many state hospitals, says Glover, "you'd see a woman be admitted at 120 lb. Three to six months later, she'd weigh...
...Finally, ballistic missile defense is very, very expensive. The non-partisan Government Accountability Office estimates that $107 billion was spent on missile defense by 2007, and another $49 billion will be spent if the program continues until 2012. The yearly $10 billion program budget alone is more than twice the yearly State Department budget for the Foreign Service. When more funds are being allocated to failed weapons systems than to the nation’s diplomatic corps, something has gone wrong...
...form of money to rebuild war-torn cities but in the form of ideas to rebuild violence-torn minds. We have no alternative. In my yard there are stubborn patches of crabgrass. It's tempting to take a weed whacker and chop them down, but the crabgrass comes back twice as strong unless you get at its roots...
...only propelled his team past an opponent that had beaten Harvard in each of the last two seasons, he seemed immune to the physicality of Holy Cross’s play. Twice in the game, the referee made him go to the bench to get blood cleaned up from his forehead...
This season also included Peruvian newcomer Alfonso Simpson, who is studying to be a doctor. He got his first shot at fighting in Lima on Nov. 9, winning over the crowd by dusting himself off and finishing the job after being flipped twice by his 1,400-pound opponent. Simpson broke his collarbone, forcing Fandi to take his second bull of the afternoon. The crowd roared...