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...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 the public purse...
...Harvard-affiliated researchers have discovered the function of a unique protein which allows sperm to blast through the tough outer layer of an unfertilized egg and which may be the target of a future 100 percent effective contraceptive...
...season. By contrast, the Tigers have played just seven of their 17 contests away from Jadwin Gym.That, along with the Tigers’ turnaround, provides two huge story lines heading into this Saturday night affair.Count me among the believers that Princeton’s 3-1 mark was a function of the favorable early season schedule for at least one more week. Dartmouth wins a squeaker. COLUMBIA (8-11, 1-5) AT BROWN (6-13, 2-4)The Bears have been surprisingly strong at home in league play, while the Lions have stunk it up pretty much in all venues.Brown...
...said Mayer, “and I don’t want you to kill the messenger, I would have to say that I cannot in good conscience recommend that we extend meal hours.” Mayer also cautioned that extensive changes to the way dining halls function should come slowly. “This is not the same as deciding to sell haddock instead of salmon,” he said. “This is a big, big deal.” While the students on the committee, half of whom are Undergraduate Council (UC) representatives, were...
...govern in Haiti alone," added Mark Schneider of the International Crisis Group. "You need sufficient cooperation from the losers so that parliament can function and the government can deal with the fundamental problems that makes Haiti the last on every list of human security issues in the hemisphere." Literacy and employment are less than 50 percent and potable water is available to only 25 percent of Haiti's 8 million-plus people. The annual income is $390 per person, less than it was in 1995 allowing for inflation...