In the 10 years since Ronald Reagan hand-penned his poignant letter
to the American people disclosing his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s
disease, great scientific progress has been made in understanding the
nature of the affliction, but few of the findings have made their way
into clinical practice.
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Have you ever wondered why, whenever you sprain your ankle, it’s
always the same one?
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Everyone knows exercise is a good thing.
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As the anthrax scare unfolds, America’s national doctor has been
largely out of sight, unable to reassure a jittery public about the
health threat.
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The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it would
halt private imports of the antibiotic Cipro in an effort to curb illegal
Internet sales of the drug used to treat anthrax.
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The day the first case of anthrax was revealed, Tommy
G. Thompson
stood behind a White House lectern and announced that the dying Florida
man had swallowed water from a stream, implying the incident was the work
of nature rather than terrorists.
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Americans are living longer than ever before and infant mortality
rates have dropped to their lowest level on record, federal health
officials said Wednesday.
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From college students and grandmothers to businessmen and toddlers,
thousands protested America’s war on terrorism Saturday, a day originally
marked for massive demonstrations against the policies of the World Bank
and the International Monetary Fund.
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The small cluster of men had been hanging out in the parking lot
next to the Arlington, Va., Department of Motor Vehicles office for at
least four months, helping anyone who needed it–usually illegal
immigrants–get a driver’s license or a state identification card for a
small fee, usually $100 or less.
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