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“George, I need someone to work overtime this Saturday. Of c…

“George, I need someone to work overtime this Saturday. Of course you don’t have to, but I sure would appreciate it; and it couldn’t hurt to keep your old boss man smiling, especially in bad economic times like these when guys like you are getting laid off left and right. Get my drift, sport?”

My mother stayed home with her children; my grandmother stay…

My mother stayed home with her children; my grandmother stayed home with her children; and so did my great grandmother; and so did my great, great grandmother; so don’t you tell me that you want a career instead. Woman, your place is in the home just like it has been from the beginning of time.

In a study published in the April 9 issue of the journal Neu…

In a study published in the April 9 issue of the journal Neurology, this trial is the first in humans to show that recovering memory after brain injury is harder for people who have the E4 type of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene, which is already known to influence Alzheimer’s disease. . . . The study looked at 110 head injury patients who were rated for level of traumatic brain injury, assessed for memory function and genotyped at the APOE gene. Although participants with the E4 form of the APOE gene matched those without the E4 form in terms of age, gender and severity of injury, there were clear differences in memory function between the two groups. The E4 group showed worse recovery of general memory function after injury.