Although there are no proven interventions for people without Alzheimer's symptoms, but who may be at risk, neurologists said it is crucial to identify people with early signs of the disease for the purposes of research, so that treatments can be developed when the disease is less severe in the brain.

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We trumpet interventions for which there is no supportive evidence simply because these interventions are de rigueur.

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Ultimately, though, no amount of structural change, interventions or inspections counts for as much as good teaching.

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He fought in battle, understands the human cost, offers skepticism rather than enthusiasm for new interventions, and would be no Pentagon rubber stamp.

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These are interventions about which there is no controversy.

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Because drone warfare can be pursued without putting any boots on the ground, those interventions have happened with little to no public scrutiny.

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There is no need for the federal government to mimic the Corleone family, by mounting interventions that just create the need for more interventions.

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Bloomberg justifies his nanny-state interventions by pointing to the social costs of obesity, but there is no direct causal link between obesity and 20-ounce sodas with sugar in them, and neither would it be anyone's business at all except for the increasing government control and subsidies for health care.

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"Psychosexual interventions such as counselling and psychotherapy comprise a group of techniques with limited evidence for effectiveness and no evidence of cost-effectiveness, " it stated.

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