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...There are many people who still fall through the cracks," says Ray Werntz, of the Employee Benefits Research Institute, "but in some cases, that's because they don't know what their options are." Learning and acting on those options may be the best thing people can do to avoid a John Q. scenario. It's not always pretty when life imitates movie art, particularly when it's this movie--and your life...
That was the question on the table last week with news of the birth of the first baby ever bred to avoid the risk of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. There may be only a dozen families in the world that carry this particular gene mutation, which causes dementia and death, often by age 45. One 33-year-old woman knew all too well what the disease does to a brain--and a family. Her father died at 42; her sister began declining at 38 and within five years needed full-time care; and her brother's memory began...
PRESSURE COOKER Think you'll never develop high blood pressure? Don't be so sure. A new study shows that a staggering 90% of middle-aged Americans will become hypertensive sometime in their lives. How do you reduce your risk? The usual ways: exercise, stay slim and avoid excessive fat, alcohol and salt...
...RELEASED. ARUNDHATI ROY, acclaimed Indian novelist jailed for a day for contempt of court, after she paid a $42 fine to avoid serving another three months; in New Delhi. Roy, who in 1997 won Britain's Booker Prize for her first novel, The God of Small Things, was convicted for criticizing a Supreme Court decision to approve a controversial hydroelectric project...
...University’s conservative financial policies stem from a desire not to “erode the value of the endowment.” But when compared to extensive beachfront that is Harvard’s financial holdings, the amount of money that it would take to avoid raising tuition equals but a few grains of sand. If every student paid the additional $1,681, it would bring an extra $10.7 million to FAS next year. But, given that some students on financial aid will not have to pay these costs, the real value of the tuition hike will...