Word: explaining
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...nail down the low-folate, high-homocysteine link to Alzheimer's, researchers will have to explain how it might be doing damage. They are pursuing a growing list of theories. It may be that folate bestows some protective effect directly on the cell. Or it may be that without folate to control it, homocysteine reaches levels that are toxic to neurons or to the cells that line blood vessels. This could lead to the type of ministrokes found in Snowdon's earlier studies...
...called Dr. Richard Stone, a pediatric ophthalmologist and one of the authors of the report. Practically the first words out of his mouth were, "We didn't prove anything." Then he went on to explain what he and his colleagues had found. They were following up a clue from the poultry industry, which has long known that baby chicks grow faster if you leave the lights on 24 hours a day. It turns out that their eyeballs grow longer as well--and long eyeballs is a pretty good description of what causes nearsightedness, also called myopia, in humans...
...this is that they are the scientific equivalent of gossip. Subjects A and B show up together, which may be significant but is more likely to be an innocent coincidence. In this study, for example, the investigators didn't take into account whether the parents were nearsighted. That could explain a lot right there, since at least some aspects of myopia are inherited. Or perhaps nearsighted parents, are, for whatever reason, more likely to leave the lights on at night...
...Seneca's members are careful to say they are not a new final club, but they have not yet stated their exact mission. Members said they hoped to explain the purpose of the organization, which they said would both host parties and sponsor speeches and panel discussions...
...Seneca's members are careful to say they are not a new final club, but they have not yet stated their exact mission. Members said they hoped to explain the purpose of the organization, which they said would both host parties and sponsor speeches and panel discussions...