Watch those triglycerides
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Doctors have recommended that triglyceride levels be monitored in order to detect heart disease and other metabolic disorders. Triglyceride levels below 250 are considered normal but doctors are recommending that levels above 200 be carefully monitored.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest (Canadian)
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0413
Year: 1992
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The cholera watch
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The cholera epidemic in Latin America may spread to areas of the US along the Mexican border. The lack of clean drinking water and sewage hookups in communities called colonias has raised fears of a cholera outbreak.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1992
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Watch what you say
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Hand gestures employed by Americans to indicate concurrence or affirmation may be interpreted as rude gestures by other cultures. The okay sign is considered rude in France and an insult in Latin America.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1997
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