Drug shown to improve memory in healthy elderly
Scientists report a drug from the ampakine class improves short term memory in healthy older adults, with older participants showing notable score gains. NIH will fund a yearlong study to test potential reversal of Alzheimer's effects, as researchers note memory loss links to neuron connections.
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Washington
National Institutes of Health
Washington, D.C
Society For Neuroscience
Gary Lynch
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California
Irvine
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Germany
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Alzheimer’s disease and ampakine research outlook
The text notes Alzheimer’s as a progressive brain disease affecting about 5 million Americans and potentially rising to 15 million with aging. It discusses ampakines boosting neuron communication, their potential use in Parkinson’s and schizophrenia, and cites rat studies showing memory improvement.
U S reassesses mission to Zaire amid refugee relief
U S officials say plans may shift from seizing an airport in Zaire to providing aid logistics inside Rwanda. A formal decision due Wednesday will weigh scaled back military action and increased humanitarian support for refugees fleeing Zaire to Rwanda.
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Washington
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U.S
Central Africa
Rwanda
Zaire
Canada
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Teen cigarette machine debate stirs Cedar Rapids bar scene
Cedar Rapids. teens attempted to buy cigarettes from a vending machine at Doe & Eddy's. Officers ticketed a bartender for selling to a minor while bar owner criticizes the sting. Smoking regulation framed as part of a broader tobacco control shift.
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Steve Gravelle
Gazette
Jane Dee
Cedar Rapids
Doe & Eddy’s
Dee
Doc & Eddy’s
Tammy Vaverka
Don Michel
Rapids Vending
Duane Dee
Doc & Eddy's
Cedar Rapids Police Continue Tobacco Compliance Checks
Lt Steven Feldmann says plainclothes officers observe in tobacco compliance checks and do not distract clerks or Bartenders no juveniles misrepresented. Public reacts positively and the Police Department will keep the program going.
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Cedar Rapids
Steven Feldmann
Feldmann
Police Department
Russia Mars probe crash narrowly avoids Australian fallout
Russia's Mars-bound space probe failed after launch and plunged into the Pacific 900 miles southeast of Easter Island, 1,800 miles west of Chile. Officials emphasized potential plutonium generators aboard were contained as U S and Australian authorities prepared for nuclear-release contingencies. Prime Minister John Howard disclosed Clinton's call about the emergency.
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Australia
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Chile
Alan Hodges
Federal Disaster Coordination Agency
Emergency Management Australia
U.S. Space Command
Colorado Springs
Colo
Pacific
Robert Bell
Arms Control
U.S. National Security Council
United States
Hodges
John Howard
Clinton
Hawkeyes fall to Princeton 5 4 in semifinal bid
With 10 minutes left Iowa led 4 0 but Princeton surged ahead to win 5 4 ending Iowa s season and their national semifinal hopes. Iowa athletics officials fear an Outback Bowl snub in favor of Michigan.
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Iowa
Michigan
Mutinous Bosnian Serb soldiers seize TV broadcasts
Mutinous Bosnian Serb officers loyal to indicted war crimes suspect Gen. Ratko Mladic seized a key transmitter and disrupted TV broadcasts across most of Republika Srpska. The takeover deepens the power struggle with Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic as NATO forces monitor the volatile situation and diplomats fear a relapse into civil war.
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Han Pijesak
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Biljana Plavsic
Mander
Bosnia
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Plavsic
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