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Some 800,000 to 1.4 million Americans are currently living with hepatitis B, and 2.7 million to 3.9 million suffer from chronic hepatitis C. Both viruses rank among the world's leading causes of preventable deaths. Hepatitis infection, which attacks the liver, can eventually lead to chronic liver disease or cancer when left unaddressed...
...take long before these futile efforts began to wear on the researchers in the field, not least of all those at ADARC, where Ho's group was attempting to develop its own vaccine - with little success. The center - which had earned such laurels for its ARV triumph - began to suffer a scientific slump and lack of direction, according to those who left in the early 2000s. Some blame Ho's management style, which, they say, changed in the aftermath of media attention that came with his recognition as Person of the Year. They describe a highly competitive atmosphere in which...
...season's biggest box-office disappointment: just $18.1 million on an $80 million budget. At this rate, Rob Marshall's star-clogged downer won't even earn as much as a modest CGI sci-fi feature released early this fall: 9 will outgross Nine. The Weinstein Co. will suffer a plague of red ink, while Cameron is declared king of the universe...
...research yielded illuminating results. About 25% of family members with migraines were depressed, vs. just 12% of relatives without migraines. Correcting for the role of chance, researchers found that, overall, relatives with migraines are 1.4 times as likely to have migraine and depression together rather than migraine alone. Those suffering from migraine with aura (the flashing lights and tunnel vision that precedes some migraine headaches) were nearly twice as likely to suffer from depression. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...
This extra brainpower can help an aging mind compensate and, in essence, delay the onset of dementia. "The longer you put it off, the less time people will suffer from it," says Yaakov Stern, a Columbia University cognitive psychologist, who has found that people with more education and more stimulating jobs are at a lower risk for developing Alzheimer...