Word: distinguishable
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...hold your breath, but you may someday be able to take a smell test for Alzheimer's. Patients with mild memory problems were asked to scratch and sniff odor-infused patches and then identify the scent. During a two-year follow-up, none of those who could accurately distinguish peanut from pizza, for example, went on to develop Alzheimer's. But nearly half who scored poorly--and, interestingly, didn't realize they had an impaired sense of smell--did develop the disease. Apparently the olfactory pathway, and probably the area in the brain responsible for awareness of the ability...
...England Journal of Medicine just how well Scott, a paramedic, is doing. Within three months of the surgery, he went public with his new hand, gripping a baseball with the aid of a brace and flinging a first pitch at a Philadelphia Phillies game. Within eight months, he could distinguish between hot and cold, a sure sign that the nerves were regenerating. Today, thanks to hours of grueling physical therapy, he is capable of more challenging tasks like driving a car, tying shoelaces and, most important, lifting his kids. Though such skills as picking up a dime and writing...
...networks doubted viewers would agree. But for a cable channel launching its first-ever series, Bull's risk seems worth the potential return. "We wanted to do something that would distinguish ourselves," says TNT programming president Robert DeBitetto. And Chernuchin was able to snag big-screen actors Stanley Tucci and Donald Moffat; Ryan O'Neal has signed for a guest spot...
Cruz's lawyers hope to establish that their client's mental limitations were not adequately addressed during his trial; prosecutors insist that state-sponsored IQ tests, which placed Cruz well above the 70-point IQ mark, show Cruz to have the capacity to distinguish right from wrong...
...water, we were met by three more officers outside. They took Polaroids of us, including one with my chicken head on, and let us go. As we parted, I looked down at my new friends' glowing faces, or thereabouts, and felt connected. They may not be able to distinguish animals from people, but they sure know how to have fun. Still, I wouldn't choose them over a heaping plate of Buffalo wings...