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17 Jan 2011 14:54

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Politics: Alzheimer’s claim fuels tension between brother Reagans

  • Ron, my brother was an embarrassment to his father when he was alive and today he became an embarrassment to his mother.
  • Michael Reagan • In response to his brother Ron’s new book, “My Father At 100,” Mr. Reagan took to his Twitter and issued this denouncement. He defended his comment on CBS’ “The Early Show,” condemning Ron for writing that his father may have suffered from Alzheimer’s while in office, which he says gives “credence to the people like Bill Maher.” There’s clearly some awkward Thanksgivings already behind these two. source

07 Jan 2010 10:16

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Tech: Heavy cell phone use kills Alzheimer’s … in mice. Uh, OK.

  • We wonder what the mice talked about on their miniature cell phones. In one of the odder scientific studies to come out of the woodwork of late, scientists say that they found that exposing mice to electromagnetic radiation similar to cell phones reversed the effects of an animal version of Alzheimer’s disease. Did we accidentally solve the Alzheimer’s disease puzzle by talking on our iPhones? Whoa. That’s weird. source