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...comes word that the vitamin may, just may, help ward off the ravages of Alzheimer's disease. In a study of more than 1,000 older adults published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at Boston University and Tufts University found that subjects who had high levels of a particular amino acid called homocysteine in their blood were twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's as those who didn't. The finding is important because one of the easiest ways to lower homocysteine levels is to get plenty of folic acid...
Cheesemakers in Parma, Italy, wish they had tried to trademark their wares much earlier. Last year they ran newspaper ads in Europe warning: "The original Parmesan is born only here." But it's probably too late to ward off other producers of the hard, sharp cheese or ask nondiscriminating consumers to develop a prejudice...
...MICHAEL WARD Railroad Conductor...
...Ward, 51, makes sure the freight trains run on time--no easy task, given his company's history of delays. As president of CSX Transportation, operator of 23,000 miles of rail in the Eastern U.S., Ward has steered the largest unit of CSX Corp. onto a steadier track by integrating assets purchased in 1999 and repairing rails that concerned regulators in 2000. CSX has just reported a profit of $65 million in the fourth quarter--up 20% over 2000, despite the recession...
...Cheesemakers in Parma, Italy, wish they had tried to trademark their wares much earlier. Last year they ran newspaper ads in Europe warning: "The original Parmesan is born only here." But it's probably too late to ward off other producers of the hard, sharp cheese or ask nondiscriminating consumers to develop a prejudice...