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...Every major newspaper and online news service carried that same headline, perhaps all written by the same copy desk: "Medicare And Social Security Face Insolvency." Cynics said that the announcement by the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees will be used as a powerful argument to raise taxes to replenish the funds. Skeptics said that the data is based on forecasts which could change radically over the next several years. Anyone who doubts the projections will say that they are the work of actuaries who practice an art as dark as voodoo...
...Commission ruling hinged on two key issues. Firstly, that Intel abused its dominant market position with hidden financial incentives that restricted or blocked the use of AMD chips - which are cheaper, but have similar specifications - in computers sold in the E.U. Intel also paid major retailers on condition they stock only computers with Intel central processing units (CPUs...
...Detecting the earliest signs of memory loss and dementia - the broader category of age-related conditions of mental decline, up to 80% of which are Alzheimer's - has always been a major goal of researchers. While there is no cure for Alzheimer's, the earlier patients are diagnosed, the sooner they can make lifestyle changes that may help slow the progression of the neurodegenerative disorder. But so far, no test has proven dependable enough to help patients predict their true risk; even the presence of genes known to be associated with Alzheimer's does not reliably lead to the disease...
...date, the only other major screening tool for Alzheimer's was developed by Finnish scientists in 2006. However, that screen is targeted toward a younger population and designed to identify the highest-risk individuals in midlife. But considering how many factors may intervene between midlife and the 60s - the decade in which Alzheimer's typically sets in - Deborah Barnes, a professor of psychiatry at UCSF, says she wanted to develop a screen for the older population more likely to be at immediate risk of the disease...
...true that various groups, including The Crimson, send polls out online every year using similar methodologies to gather results. These are no more accurate than the ROTC poll, but they are also not used to advocate major policy changes on highly charged issues...