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...Prevention is crucial with dementia, as medicines do no more than alleviate the symptoms for the 200,000 sufferers in Australia and New Zealand. The most common type of dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, is characterized by the spread of sticky plaques and clumps of tangled fiber that disrupt communication between brain cells. Gradually robbing people of their memory, personality and eventually all cognitive function, it typically kills within 5 to 10 years. Apart from the distress it causes sufferers and their loved ones, Alzheimer's is extremely costly: in Australia it drains an estimated $A3 billion a year from...
...legislation still specifies that, in such a case, a high-ranking federal official’s testimony that the secrecy is crucial to national security must be accepted by the judge as conclusive...
Whether Google gets it right in sessions like that--balancing business opportunities against consumers' trust--is crucial to the company's future. After eight years of incredible growth, it's fair to ask whether Google is due for a stumble. To put it another way, Can Google maintain its success and remain true to the ideals that made it so popular? These are the guys who adopted as their informal corporate motto "Don't be evil." Sure, analysts in recent years have asked frequently whether Google's luck has run out, and yet the company kept thriving. But its vulnerability...
...points, but ice-cold shooting from the field, coupled with a poor performance on the boards, evaporated any chance of a second-half comeback. After a Katie Rollins layup brought Harvard to within five at 48-43 with 8:09 remaining, the Crimson went without a point for a crucial five-minute span in the game’s final stretch. Over those five minutes, Harvard turned the ball over three times and botched two crucial layups. When Rollins’ free throw trickled in at 3:21 to end the drought, the Crimson was staring...
...will return from its road trip, which also includes a tilt tomorrow with league doormat Penn (3-15, 1-4), without any real hope for its fourth title of the 21st century. According to head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith, though, no one contest is that crucial. “We can’t think in terms of that,” she said. “My team’s too young for that. From our standpoint, I don’t build any game up.” Just three weeks ago, Harvard entered its reading period...