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Nicotine Patches As a Cure For Mild Memory Loss

Study: Nicotine Patches Could Heal Mild Memory Loss

Nicotine patches as a quit-smoking aid have two advantages. The good news is that nicotine patches have now been shown to combat memory loss in elderly people and those who have stopped smoking. According to a study published in the current issue of Neurology, published by the American Academy of Neurology, wearing a nicotine patch could help people with mild cognitive or memory impairment.
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U.S. Economic Recovery Gains, but Headwinds Persist

While several monthly and quarterly economic data points indicate the U.S. economic recovery is gaining some momentum, investors/readers should also keep in mind several long-term factors that will continue to work against the recovery, and policy makers' effort to lower the U.S. unemployment rate.
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Canadian banks eye Cuban presence as tensions ease

Bank of Nova Scotia has applied to re-establish a presence in Cuba and a report says rival Royal Bank of Canada is considering a similar move in the wake of Cuban reforms and a thawing of the country's icy relationship with the United States.
Orlando Magic's Anderson and Miami Heat's Harris battle for a rebound during their pre-season NBA basketball game in Miami

Cohesiveness, fitness favors Miami Heat in 2011-12

The starter's gun sounds Christmas Day on an National Basketball Association (NBA) sprint of a season that will reward cohesiveness and fitness in a compressed 66-game campaign that has the Miami Heat as clear front-runners.
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Review: Cameron Crowe's We Bought a Zoo tires to hard

We all go into sentimental movies with certain pre-set buttons that directors try to hit -- some people lose it when a beloved doggie dies, others shed tears when long-estranged lovers are reunited, and then there are those who reach for their hankies when a gruff dad finally articulates his love for his child.
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Ron Paul is a Pirate

Ron Paul's has emerged as the new GOP frontrunner in Iowa with a not-Mitt tag. But political pundits and voters should pay greater heed to his sudden rise. The anyone but Romney title downplays Paul's emergence, writing him off as just the latest in a string of candidates-du-jour. But Ron Paul is more than a fling.
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Canada seeks a way to limit health-spending increases

Canada's top finance officials will try at a meeting next week to come to grips with the thorny problem of how to limit the rising costs of the country's universal public health-care system in the face of an aging population.

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