Word: medicale
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In perhaps the most authoritative survey to date, scientists say Alzheimer's may be up to twice as common as was previously thought. A study published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that as many as one in ten people over 65 and, astonishingly, nearly...
The study, conducted by a group from Harvard Medical School, examined 3,623 elderly residents in East Boston. With a variety of neurological and cognitive tests, including exams of short-term memory and attention span, the team diagnosed "probable" Alzheimer's for 3% of those aged 65 to 74, 19...
Such policies have evolved as the expression of a basic social value: that the traditional family, with its economic interdependence, is the foundation of a strong society. But what about a gay couple? They might be similarly dependent on each other, economically and emotionally. Yet no state in the U.S...
Still, the most ardent support for partnership rights comes from gay groups. For them the issue is more pressing: heterosexual couples at least have the option to wed if they wish to be eligible for family benefits, but gays do not. (Denmark in October became the only industrial nation to...
The public seems to be tolerant of the notion that gay couples should be allowed more of the rights now accorded to married couples. In a TIME/CNN poll conducted by the firm of Yankelovich Clancy Shulman, 54% agreed that "homosexual couples should be permitted to receive medical and life- insurance...