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...come." Already researchers are rushing to develop compounds that take aim at the tau and beta-amyloid proteins. They are also re-examining existing drugs that may offer therapeutic pportunities. Some experts, for example, speculate that antioxidants such as vitamin E and anti-inflammatories such as ibuprofen could help shield neurons from chemical damage. Others have seized on tantalizing hints that the female hormone estrogen may delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease in postmenopausal women. Estrogen appears to foster the brain's health by, among other things, spurring the growth of connections that link a single neuron to many...
...Medicare and bills to keep the government running. The Hawaiian courts will not rule until the end of the year, and it will be 1997 before same-sex couples wed in the islands could wash up on these shores, expecting shoes and rice, not to mention Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Yet Georgia Representative Bob Barr, who led the fight that resulted in passage of the bill in the House, 342 to 67, spoke with great urgency: "The flames of hedonism, the flames of narcissism, the flames of self-centered morality are licking at the very foundation of our society, the family...
...gives the impression that he really is enjoying the fighting frenzy. Khan's police chief tries to be stern and businesslike, but even she lets the movie's infectious hyperactivity make her character giddy, as when, loaded with dynamite, she squirms and hops to use Chan as a human shield...
Nifty Souvenir: You can look up your family crest and shield (if there ever was one) in the gift shop and purchase crests, shields or family trees...
...father is now a systems manager at a drugstore in Newton and his mother is a customer service representative for Blue Cross/Blue Shield. But their only child has turned into a political theorist extraordinaire...