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...associated with Alzheimer's is more important--the plaques that litter the empty spaces between nerve cells or the stringy tangles that erupt from within. The problem arose the moment a German neuropathologist named Alois Alzheimer stared through a microscope at a slice of brain tissue and beheld these twin markers of the disease he was first to diagnose. The year was 1906. The patient's name was Auguste D. She was 55 when she died, and she had spent the last years of her life as a patient in a mental institution. She was prone, Alzheimer noted, to angry...
...been too long since you've heard the word golly! uttered without irony, head to Faribault, Minn., a hamlet one hour south of the Twin Cities, and ask for Rod LeVake. Maybe LeVake will meet you for some apple pie at the Happy Chef and talk a little football. Whatever you chat about, he will be solicitous of your opinion and take pains not to overwhelm you with his. Of his job teaching high school science, he says, "It's just kinda fun to teach kids, to kinda show them how complex living things are, I guess. That's what...
...rush, the prestigious American College of Physicians has put out a series of 14 Home Medical Guides (DK Publishing), handsome paperback books covering a number of medical topics, including diabetes, Parkinson's disease, coronary-artery disease and migraines. The books, each fewer than 100 pages, have the twin virtues of being short and crisply written. Their empowering tone will be comforting to the reader. The guides cut right to the chase, giving you just the information you need. Illustrated with colorful charts and photos, they are just what the doctor ordered...
...grown men smashing heads and dragging each other to the ground. No, it's not the Reform party - it's Monday Night Football! The Alphabet Network has decided to go with two preseason games rather than the traditional prime-time coverage of democracy's twin infomercials, consigning the political action to halftime...
Strauss hands the narrating chores to Eng, the twin on the right-hand side of the pair, who gradually emerges as a convincingly persuasive and heroic presence--intelligent (he reads Shakespeare while Chang sleeps, sometimes resting the book on his brother's forehead) and refreshingly matter-of-fact about his preposterous physical fate...