That happened to be the first title in a regular feature called "FINDINGS". I was most interested in the research on ALS, aka Lou Gehrig's disease. A friend of mine was diagnosed with it.
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"research on ALS, aka Lou Gehrig's disease"
This newsbit is potentially of huge importance. The whole issue of dementia and other neurological degeneration will only increase as the population ages. As octogenarians are becoming commonplace even now, the aging boomers will be facing these illnesses in great numbers beginning in the next decade or so.