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...English as a first language, and had less than three years of schooling; this, says Larson, could have brought down their test scores. The exams may also have failed to take into account the normal decline in mental acuity that comes with aging. Asks Dr. Leonard Kurland of the Mayo Clinic: "Where do you draw the line and say this is normal and this is not?" Nonetheless, one implication of the study is very clear -- and frightening: since people 85 or older make up the fastest-growing segment of the population, Alzheimer's could have devastating consequences for the country...
...series of studies coordinated by Dr. Charles Moertel of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., researchers tested a combination of two drugs: 5- fluorouracil, a proven anticancer agent, and levamisole, a medication commonly used by veterinarians to clear worms from the intestines of animals. Included in the studies were some 1,700 cancer patients, most of whom had been operated on for Dukes' C colon cancer. In this stage of the cancer, the tumor has penetrated the bowel wall but has not spread to the rest of the body. The results of the first study, which appeared in this month...
...Mexico, it's a really big deal--carnivals and shows, firecrackers--like the Fourth of July," said Hilda M. Alexander '90, president of RAZA. But "a lot of Mexican-Americans don't even know Cinco de Mayo is not independence day," said Alexander, who emigrated to the U.S. when she was 10 years...
Ovalle said the celebration of Cinco de Mayo will be very similar to traditional celebrations in Mexico. "We still maintain the cultural thread," Ovalle said...
This year's Cinco de Mayo celebration is thebiggest ever at Harvard, Ovalle said, and hasincluded members of the community and a pinata forthe children. Also, the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, Cornell and Wilson Universities aresending people to participate in the programs, hesaid...