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Cancer drug reverses Alzheimer’s in mice
WASHINGTON, Feb 12 – A widely available cancer drug has shown remarkable success in reversing Alzheimer’s disease in mice, raising hope of a breakthrough against incurable dementia in humans, US researchers said recently.
Mice treated with the drug, known as bexarotene, became rapidly smarter and the plaque in their brains that was causing ... Read More
Stylists get a model ready for the catwalk at the Christian Siriano Fall/Winter 2012 collection during New York Fashion Week, February 11, 2012. – Reuters pic
Cannabis twice as likely to cause road smash
PARIS, Feb 12 — Driving under the influence of cannabis almost doubles the risk of a serious accident, according to a paper published today in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).The risk of collision is ... Read More
Celebs find Fashion Week runways can be slippery
NEW YORK, Feb 12 — Celebrities launching fashion lines don’t always transfer their fame to runway success, but a sprinkling of big names such as Victoria Beckham, Gwen Stefani and twins Mary-Kate and ... Read More
Cupid targets the Fed with early Valentine tweets
NEW YORK, Feb 12 — It isn’t often you see the words “love”, “romance”, and “Federal Reserve” in the same sentence.But before the weekend, the central bank and many economists who spend countless hours ... Read More
Brain stimulation may boost memory, study shows
WASHINGTON, Feb 12 — California scientists said Wednesday they may have found a way to stimulate a part of the brain so that it forms memories more easily.Someday, the process might be used to make a ... Read More
Cape Town chases gay tourist dollars
CAPE TOWN, Feb 11 — Perfectly sculpted bodies lie poolside at The Glen, a guesthouse that’s the first listing on the Pink Map to Cape Town, handed out at the airport for the 225,000 gay tourists who visit ... Read More
World is a happier place than 2007, says poll
NEW DELHI, Feb 11 — Despite economic woes, wars, conflicts and natural disasters the world is a happier place today than it was four years ago and Indonesians, Indians and Mexicans seem to be the most ... Read More
Holiday weight gain affects active people too
NEW YORK, Feb 11 — Contrary to the belief that people who burn a lot of calories are less vulnerable to gaining weight, a new study finds they and slow burners alike tend to put on pounds during the ... Read More
2°C warming goal now ‘optimistic’, say French scientists
PARIS, Feb 11 — French scientists unveiling new estimates for global warming said on Thursday the 2°C goal enshrined by the United Nations was “the most optimistic” scenario left for greenhouse-gas ... Read More
Photographer’s hymn to the ‘murdered’ heart of Paris
PARIS, Feb 10 — In 1971, Paris lost a piece of its soul as the teeming hub of humanity that was "Les Halles" food market was ripped out, part of a disastrous experiment in urbanism caught on camera by ... Read More
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