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More than a year after the start of the credit crisis, financial firms seem far from fit. And that has some analysts and strategists worried that the economic recovery that most people assume is under way will be slower than expected...
Neither of the Canadian patients fit that bill, but they did have one thing in common: illegal drug use, says Dr. Nancy Zhu, who treated the patients during her hematology fellowship at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton. "We were theorizing that maybe it was something in the cocaine," she says. (See how cocaine scrambles genes in the brain...
...This is disturbing, highly dangerous, very risky, and the practice should be avoided at all costs," says Dr. Steve Field, chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners in London. "You can have an epileptic fit, you can go into a coma...
When it comes to mental acuity, there is plenty of research to support changing your diet (fish, for example, is fab for your noggin), reducing stress and staying both socially engaged and physically fit. Scientists also know that it's good to give the brain a workout. Studies show that software can improve targeted brain operations like focusing, attention and peripheral vision. But what researchers don't know is whether pricey computer programs work better than an old-fashioned crossword puzzle...
...After spending a number of years thinking very longer term about these properties and how all the pieces fit together in the long-term, its clear that right now we’re focused much more on property stewardship,” Spiegelman said...