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Since Sept. 11, when America went on alert against terrorist strikes, there has been some small comfort in the knowledge that unlike al-Qaeda, most militant Islamic groups don't seek to attack targets inside the U.S. But the sickening rise in the number of Palestinian suicide bombings in Israel, and a spate of attacks last week against synagogues in Europe, raises a new worry: Could the intifadeh spread...
...health is good, he's really alert, and his reflexes are great," she says. "He's always been slow and cautious. When I was a kid, it drove me crazy, and his driving hasn't changed much. Now it seems safe." But as Wolff carefully maneuvers the large vehicle through his Washington neighborhood, passing motorists sometimes shoot him a look. Roughly translated, it says, "Should you be on the road...
Researchers at the AgeLab at M.I.T. have developed a "smart car" to test technologies that may extend the safe-driving life of older people. The fire engine-red 2000 VW Beetle is outfitted with driving simulators and bumper-mounted sensors that use radar to activate collision-warning and emergency-alert systems. The collision-warning system gauges the speed and distance of oncoming traffic, which can help older drivers safely make a left-hand turn--the most common cause of crashes for the elderly. The emergency-alert system beeps when a car drifts from its lane. A vision-enhancement screen...
...feeling quite so calm. Reports of liver damage have been piling up in Europe and the U.S.--including the case of a previously healthy 45-year-old American woman who took kava and suddenly needed a liver transplant. Last week the Food and Drug Administration finally issued a kava alert. Sales of the herb had already been halted in France and Switzerland and suspended in Britain. German authorities are in the process of reclassifying it as a prescription drug...
Since Sept. 11, when America went on alert against terrorist strikes, there has been some small comfort in the knowledge that unlike al-Qaeda, most militant Islamic groups don't seek to attack targets inside the U.S. But the sickening rise in the number of Palestinian suicide bombings in Israel, and a spate of attacks last week against synagogues in Europe, raises a new worry: Could the intifadeh spread...