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Despite costly efforts, no drug has yet been found that can keep Alzheimer's disease from progressing. Some researchers fear drug companies will give up entirely.

Alzheimer's Disease Drug by 2025: Is This Goal Too Ambitious?

The U.S. government has set a deadline of 2025 for finding an effective way to treat or prevent Alzheimer's disease, an ambitious target considering there is no cure on the horizon and one that sets a firm deadline unlike previous campaigns against cancer or AIDS.

Mubarak Trial: Defense Makes Opening Statements

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak lies on a stretcher while being transported to the courtroom at the police academy in Cairo
The defense began its case Tuesday in the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who, according to the prosecution, is complicit in the killing of hundreds of protestors during last year's uprising against his regime.
Lindsay Lohan To Play Elizabeth Taylor in Lifetime Biopic

Lindsay Lohan To Play Elizabeth Taylor in Lifetime Movie: Can She Pull It Off?

Lohan, 25, is in talks to play the iconic actress in Elizabeth & Richard: A Love Story, which will center on the stormy relationship between Taylor and actor Richard Burton. Fans of the screen legend are already up in arms about Lohan's casting, but others note striking similarities between the two, and feel the Playboy centerfold might not be a bad casting call after all.
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One in five U.S. adult infected with HIV do not know it.

HIV, AIDs Rate Increasing Among Blacks, Hispanics in California

The health data analysis revealed that between 1988 and 2008 the number of white people with HIV/AIDS had almost doubled, while the number of cases for blacks had tripled and it was up more than five times for Hispanics. Native Americans and Asian/Pacific Islanders with HIV/AIDs has also increased dramatically in number, but the overall representation number is still low.
Nicki Minaj Barbie

Nicki Minaj Doll from Mattel: Bidding Starts at $1,000

Nicki Minaj is excited that Mattel has made a Barbie Doll in her image, to auction at CharityBuzz.com on Dec. 7 and featured at Divine Design's five-day event and gala at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Bids will be received through Dec. 19 and will start at an eye-popping $1,000.

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