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Results of Yen's most recent trial, which involved giving elderly people small doses of DHEA daily, were published last June in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. They showed improved well-being, which Yen defines as "the ability to cope," increased mobility, less joint discomfort and sounder sleep. In the November issue of the same journal, Baulieu reported tests on 57 subjects showing that "DHEAS is a good individual marker" of age. As people age, he says, "everybody's level diminishes. But somebody who has a lot of DHEAS to start with will maintain a fairly high count, while...
...analyze blood samples from 600 elderly people, trying to correlate DHEAS levels and general health. And he hopes soon to begin testing small doses of the hormone on as many as 200 volunteers, measuring any changes in memory, behavior, skin and muscle tone, cholesterol levels, cardiac activity and joint pain...
...seems everybody wants to get into the network act. Warner's new WB Television Network, which premieres with a weekly two-hour block of sitcoms this Wednesday night, is one of two aspiring "fifth networks" making their debut this month. Next week the United Paramount Network -- a joint | venture by Paramount Television and Chris-Craft Industries, which owns a group of broadcast stations -- will introduce another starter network with four hours of programming on Mondays and Tuesdays. Both UPN and WB hope to expand to seven nights in the next several years, just as the Fox network has done after...
...rules, the networks for the first time can share in the money that a show generates in its afterlife. The producers, in the meantime, get the networks to take on more of the up-front costs. In a landmark deal last fall, ABC entered into a joint venture to create a new TV studio with Hollywood moguls Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen. ABC has a 50% stake in the company and, in an unprecedented move, has agreed to share directly with the studio the advertising revenue its shows bring...
...Year's Eve. The buildup of forces was halted, and local commanders had to go in with whatever units they could cobble together. Some were only at half-strength, and others were Interior Ministry troops, a kind of national guard used for internal security. "There was no joint training," says Sherman Garnett, a former head of Russian affairs at the Pentagon in Washington, "and the command was divided...