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...idea that cognitive and physical function are connected is something that has just come out in the last few years. It is one of the new horizons in health care and prevention," says neurologist and aging expert Dr. Joe Verghese of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, who published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2002 showing that changes in walking patterns could be an early sign of dementia...
...last year's tainted-milk scandal, defending Tibetans accused of agitating for independence and, as in Li's case, defending followers of Falun Gong. "Lawyers no longer serve only as instruments of political control like how they were expected to perform from the 1950s to the 1970s," says Albert Ho, a Hong Kong solicitor and chairman of China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group. "With the opening and liberalization of China, it needs to build a system of law and a sound legal system. The government and the governing party shall abide by the law. But they are very, very concerned...
...Albert Einstein: Where is my hairbrush...
...Communication at USC, Nelson worked prolifically as a journalist writing for newspapers including New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Science magazine, and the Washington Post. His most notable pieces include a series of articles for Science magazine that helped to eliminate government blacklisting on advising panels, winning him the Albert Deutsch Award; and a series on chemical poisoning in America that landed him a spot as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize...
Meanwhile, gay marriage opponents were relieved that the court ruled in favor of Prop 8. Speaking just before the ruling was announced, the Rev. Albert Mohler told TIME that the court must tread carefully to avoid eroding its credibility. "Repeatedly, courts at every level have taken action to undermine their own legitimacy in view of public," said Mohler, who is president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. But he also said that thanks in part to the democratic nature of amendment processes like those in play in California, even the most outrageous rulings can be absorbed...