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...banks in the U.S. has fallen by more than $500 billion. Bank loans have been trending down for a while. Worse, most analysts don't see bank lending turning around anytime soon. Paul Miller of FBR Capital says a combination of banks' wanting to take fewer risks and lower demand for credit from consumers and businesses will cause banks to continue to make fewer loans this year than they did last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bank Lending Is Still Down. Should We Be Worried? | 1/8/2010 | See Source »

...would almost certainly have unwanted and potentially deadly side effects. But a better understanding of the G9a pathways could lead to the development of safer, more specific drugs. And studying the genes that control G9a itself could also help screen people at risk for cocaine addiction: those with naturally lower levels of the protein would be the ones to watch. Still, there's a lot to be learned even from further mouse studies - particularly if the work involves younger mice, unlike the adults used in Maze's research. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Cocaine Scrambles Genes in the Brain | 1/8/2010 | See Source »

...living units per thousand of people over 65 years of age for every state, researchers found that the locations of the facilities showed a strong connection to the education levels, property values, and ethnic makeups of the areas. More facilities were found to be situated in areas with a lower proportion of black and Hispanic residents—a correlation researchers said they found “disconcerting...

Author: By Helen X. Yang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Unequal Distribution of Assisted Living Homes Hints at Problems, Study Says | 1/8/2010 | See Source »

...issues could stem from the uneven distribution of assisted living units, according to Stevenson: capacity and efficient use of state funds. Residents of rural or lower income areas may face difficulty accessing assisted living units and be forced to relocate, and since nursing homes are generally more expensive for the state, this may mean that more money is used to pay for individuals living in nursing homes who could be better—and more inexpensively—served in assisted living facilities...

Author: By Helen X. Yang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Unequal Distribution of Assisted Living Homes Hints at Problems, Study Says | 1/8/2010 | See Source »

...surprise twin retirements announced this week by Democratic Senators Chris Dodd of Connecticut and Byron Dorgan of North Dakota cap a dismal month for Democrats. Early in December, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi moved to stem the tide of lower-chamber retirements after four veteran moderate, so-called Blue Dogs announced that they would not run for re-election. Then, instead of a retirement, another Blue Dog - this time Alabama freshman Parker Griffith - jumped ship to the Republican Party. Only a year after celebrating an expected six GOP Senate retirements in 2010 and nearly a dozen in the House (that number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Senate Retirements Point to Dems' Uphill Election Fight | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

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