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...there's also a healthy representation of star directors known around the world. Ang Lee - whose Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon premiered at Cannes before becoming the U.S.' all-time top-grossing foreign-language film not made by Mel Gibson - is back with Taking Woodstock. It's a quasi-fact-based tale about the seeds of the 1969 music festival; Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber and Comedy Central's Demetri Martin are the headliners...
...first screening tool that can help predict whether elderly patients are at low, moderate or high risk of developing dementia. The new test takes into account characteristic risk factors for dementia, including advanced age and the presence of genes associated with Alzheimer's, but also relies on lesser-known contributors such as patients' body weight and alcohol-drinking habits...
...cure for Alzheimer's, the earlier patients are diagnosed, the sooner they can make lifestyle changes that may help slow the progression of the neurodegenerative disorder. But so far, no test has proven dependable enough to help patients predict their true risk; even the presence of genes known to be associated with Alzheimer's does not reliably lead to the disease...
Leverett has never been known as a “cool” house, so when its HoCo tossed aside plans for an ultra-fancy formal at the top of Boston’s Prudential Center in favor of a standard in-house affair, you can understand why some (FlyBy among them) thought it would be business as usual in everyone’s favorite pit stop on the way to fun in Mather...
...system, its findings due by the end of the year, looked plodding and procedural by comparison. That's perhaps not surprising. When he did attempt a quick response last month to the first signs of a brewing expenses scandal, his proposals - broadcast in a YouTube message which rapidly became known for the Prime Minister's awkwardness rather than his ideas' merit - soon unraveled...