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Steven T. Driscoll, the 28-year-old driver of the car, was leaving a bar around midnight on May 22 when he swerved to the right, hitting pedestrians Sarah T. Craig '99, Lucy Yen '99, Jennifer R. Weiss '99 and Ruby Hsu '99. Craig died in the hospital after a brief coma...
Such in-depth research is only getting under way. In the interim, DHEA boosters point hopefully to a couple of small studies by Dr. Samuel Yen of the University of California at San Diego. They showed that giving DHEA to middle-age men and women elevated levels of yet another hormone, called insulin-like growth factor, which stimulates cell growth and cell division. Most of the subjects taking the hormone reported they felt more energetic, happier and better able to cope with stress. But neither finding, as Yen himself acknowledges, proves that aging has been reversed...
...prize, which is presented annually by the Inamori Foundation, includes a diploma, a gold medal and 50 million yen (approximately $460,000), to be presented in November in Kyoto, Japan...
...Japan's fortunes. Now there are again some signs of improvement: last year the economy did grow a bit faster, if only 0.9%; the stock market has risen, although it is still at just over half its 1989 high; corporate profits have improved; the dollar has strengthened against the yen, making Japanese exports more affordable...
Probably the most important reason for this is the strength of the yen, which has made American products cheaper in Japan. Beyond that, the U.S. has become more competitive in such industries as semiconductors and automobiles. A "framework agreement," which concerns such broad issues as the loosening of Japanese regulatory restrictions and government procurement policies, is also credited with lowering the U.S. trade deficit and raising exports...