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Saturated fat increases LDL (bad cholesterol) levels which can cause atherosclerosisa, a hardening and narrowing of arteries.
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My doctor tried to quell my fears by explaining it’s merely an unusual thickening or hardening of the uterine wall caused by the glandular tissue being pushed into the muscle.
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GE also pushed out a Baseline Security Center application that offers tools to help utilities stay up to date on things like patch management, identity management, network and host hardening, and intrusion detection.
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And in August, Andrew Baker, another UM coral expert working with Lirman, will begin replicating a hardening method developed in his lab.
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PACE programs offer financing for energy efficiency and hurricane hardening upgrades, such as solar panels, new air conditioning systems, new roofs, and impact windows, with no credit checks and no money down.
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League executives, however, have indicated a reluctance to take on such a risk, with the medical ruling likely hardening that stance.
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Egypt’s launching its war of attrition and the public hardening of Arabs’ attitudes seemed to make any serious process impossible.
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Doctors pegged the cause of death as intoxication and the manner of death as drug abuse, noting that O'Neill also suffered from heart disease, hypertension and moderate hardening of the arteries.
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First Known Use of hardening
15th century
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