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...brain may be getting smaller. That's a little overdramatic, to be sure, but it is now probably reasonable to add dementia to the ever growing list of obesity-related illnesses. For some time, researchers have known that carrying a lot of extra weight is not only linked to chronic diseases like arthritis and cancer but may also be a risk factor for brain diseases like Alzheimer's. And now, using sophisticated brain scans, scientists may be a step closer to showing how that works...
...country when it comes to pain: 60 million Americans undergo surgery each year, 70 million complain of chronic pain, and half of all visits to doctors' offices are about pain. No wonder innovations in pain management make news. Among the latest: a single epidural injection that delivers 48 hours of time-released morphine; a portable balloon pump that delivers a continuous supply of a local anesthetic directly to the wound site; and a transdermal patch the size of a credit card that is as effective as a patient-controlled pump but doesn't require a needle and tubes...
...West could rise sharply if dialogue collapses. Stopping short of declaring Iran in formal breach of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), which requires strict international supervision, the IAEA has issued scathing criticisms of Iran's past failures to inform it of suspicious facilities, activities and materials and its chronic foot dragging on cooperation. European negotiators remain skeptical that Iran will stick to its word. That's not surprising when even some Iranian clerics contacted by TIME questioned the validity of Khamenei's religious ruling barring nuclear weapons...
...when al-Yawer, 46, arrives at the White House this week for meetings, he is likely to receive a VIP's welcome. As the interim government's highest-ranking Sunni and a sheik of Iraq's most powerful tribe, al-Yawer has become a key U.S. ally. Chronic violence in Sunni-dominated areas has raised doubts about whether significant numbers of Sunnis, who make up 20% of Iraq's population but have ruled the country for more than 80 years, will participate in national elections scheduled for Jan. 30. Last month a group of political parties called for the elections...
Everyone knows that stress can make you age before your time--but everyone knows is folk wisdom, not science. What science has established so far is that people under chronic stress tend to have weak immune systems and run an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease. But that doesn't necessarily prove that stressed-out people are actually aging prematurely, even if they look older than their years...