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Sure enough, the average change in diastolic blood pressure was a clinically significant reduction of five mmHg, which is good news.

WHY ALTITUDE TRAINING HELPS SOME BUT NOT OTHERSALEX HUTCHINSONSEPTEMBER 11, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINE

Driven by environmental concerns, Kim-Parker saw an opportunity to create a space that would aid in the reduction of pollution in the fashion landscape.

THE CEO STRIVING TO MAKE VINTAGE, SECONDHAND CLOTHING AS POPULAR AS FAST FASHIONRACHEL KINGSEPTEMBER 6, 2020FORTUNE

Those reductions would mean much longer wait times and more crowded buses and subways.

NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT NEEDS A $12 BILLION BAILOUT—OR THE ENTIRE U.S. ECONOMIC RECOVERY MAY SUFFERDZANEMORRISSEPTEMBER 3, 2020FORTUNE

The potential for future reductions in the cost of electricity from silicon solar, for example, is limited.

HOW A NEW SOLAR AND LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY COULD PROPEL A RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONSAM STRANKSSEPTEMBER 3, 2020SINGULARITY HUB

The housing authority agreed to lower Brown’s rent to $318 a month but said the reduction would not take effect until March.

SHE WAS SUED OVER RENT SHE DIDN’T OWE. IT TOOK SEVEN COURT DATES TO PROVE SHE WAS RIGHT.BY DANIELLE OHL, CAPITAL GAZETTE, AND TALIA BUFORD AND BEENA RAGHAVENDRAN, PROPUBLICAAUGUST 25, 2020PROPUBLICA

The staff reductions are part of a larger cost-cutting initiative, meant to deal not only with the economic impact of the pandemic but with costly regulatory penalties associated with a series of high-profile scandals.

WELLS FARGO CUTS JOBS AS THE PANDEMIC AND PENALTIES FOR PAST SCANDALS TAKE THEIR TOLLREYMASHAYEKHIAUGUST 21, 2020FORTUNE

Harm reduction services, such as needle exchanges, are closed.

COVID-19 HAS FREED OPIOID ADDICTION PATIENTS FROM DAILY METHADONE CLINIC VISITSANNALISA MERELLIAUGUST 17, 2020QUARTZ

Per Forrester research, the industry average for staff reduction is 12%.

‘YOU CAN’T JUST CUT A LITTLE BIT’: WHY THIS MOMENT COULD FORCE AGENCIES TO ACCELERATE NECESSARY CHANGES TO THEIR BUSINESS MODELSKRISTINA MONLLOSAUGUST 4, 2020DIGIDAY

There has to be a natural reduction of dollars on the linear side just because audiences are shifting.

STREAMING ADVERTISING’S TIPPING POINT: VIEWERSHIP HAS SHIFTED AND AD DOLLARS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOWTIM PETERSONJULY 16, 2020DIGIDAY

When it then rejoined in 1955, it argued for a reduction in its back dues, which was approved.

EXPLAINER: WHAT DONALD TRUMP’S FUNDING CUTS TO WHO MEAN FOR THE WORLDLGBTQ-EDITORAPRIL 15, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWS

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