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The second is that the advisers’ recommendations varied quite a lot, and a major factor was how the advisers invested their own money.

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While genetics and lifestyle factors clearly affect a person's heart health, scientists are discovering that microorganisms living in the gut may also have an important influence.

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The researchers found that traditional risk factors like alcohol consumption and fat accumulation in the liver did not appear to influence fibrosis when PCE was present.

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The absence of data due to the government shutdown is one factor—but the real dilemma pits the weakening labor market against stubbornly sticky inflation.

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And the timeline further depends on factors beyond the companies’ control, including when the Federal Aviation Administration lifts restrictions on flights and whether air-traffic controllers keep showing up before their back pay arrives.

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