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...However, a small preliminary study presented at the conference could change some of this thinking. Researchers found that the average cost of bariatric surgery is often completely recouped by the patient after three years, after which time the medical expenses of patients who did not have surgery are twice as high. "Patients who come in for surgery have a lot of medical problems," says Dr. Anita Courcoulas, lead author of the study. "It makes sense that it would end up costing less." A larger study still needs to be done, but this new research shows that surgery may actually...
...five and a half terms as a representative for the 25th Middlesex district, which covers a significant portion of Cambridge. Her decision not to compete in the senate race increases the odds that popular City Councillor Anthony D. Galluccio—who has run for the Senate seat twice before and is the only Cambridge elected official running—will prevail in this fall's special election to fill the seat...
...Harvard-Yale regatta is somewhat different from most dual races in that the varsity boat rows twice the usual course length—four miles as opposed to two. Harvard was in the lead for most of those four miles on Saturday, until a last-minute push by Yale gave the Bulldogs a half-second victory in the final strokes...
...installations throughout the Gaza Strip. Doctors reported that in the last 24 hours, 21 Palestinians have been killed and another 120 wounded in the fighting. Both Hamas and Fatah have vowed to kill each other's political and military leaders, and have tried to do so with a vengance. Twice in the past 48 hours, Fatah members shelled the home of Hamas leader and Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh. He and his family were unhurt...
Last fall, the Task Force on General Education issued an inspired and dramatic report, parts of which drew heavy Faculty criticism. The Task Force revised its report twice, and then was dissolved. As Faculty legislation was drafted and amended, no visionary shaped the curriculum. A largely interim administration was determined to get something—anything—voted on before the end of the year. Area boundaries were stretched to accommodate departments excluded from the Task Force recommendations. The result is an oddly divided and rather too large distribution requirement, leaving us questioning what exactly happened...