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Mount Sinai Dr. Mary Sano (right) and a Mount Sinai research team found patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s can benefit from taking vitamin E. There’s still no cure for Alzheimer’s disease, but the latest hope for slowing its progression is already on drugstore shelves. Vitamin E shows promise in delaying functional decline by up to 19% per year ...

ANBERRA, Australia (AP) — With fireworks, dancing and late-night revelry millions around the globe welcomed 2014 on Tuesday, gathering for huge displays of jubilation and unity as the new year was arriving across the world’s 24 main time zones. In Australia, fireworks sprayed from the sails of the Sydney Opera House and the city’s harbor bridge at midnight. Revelers in ...

Andy Marlin/NHLI via Getty Images Sidney Crosby (l.) battles Andrei Loktionov for a loose puck during Tuesday’s matinee. NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Adam Henrique scored 1:38 into the game and Michael Ryder connected 2:45 into the second, sparking the Devils to a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday. Goalie Martin Brodeur had an assist in the game for ...

To combat a spate of deadly shark attacks in Western Australia, hundreds of cyborg sharks will now automatically send out a tweet if they come within a kilometer of a beach, to alert swimmers and surfers of the potential danger. The tweet includes the size and breed of the shark, along with its approximate location. Western Australia (the entire western ...

Video game consoles almost always receive numerous hardware add-ons. From the Robotic Operating Buddy for the NES to the Kinect for the Xbox 360, additional peripheral devices are par for the course. The PS4 and Xbox One will certainly receive at least one mid-cycle add-on each, so what can we expect the hot new thing to be a few years ...

SHOWSTOPPER: Fiona Bruce and Father Jamie McLeod with the newly discovered van Dyck [PA] Father Jamie McLeod, a Catholic priest, brought the painting to the show after it was originally purchased in a Cheshire ­antiques shop, with no mention of the 17th century painter. It was correctly identified as a masterpiece after the show’s host, Fiona Bruce, saw it and ...

beyonceVEVO Beyonce’s new song, ‘XO,’ isn’t going over well with family members of the astronauts killed in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. One of Beyonce‘s new songs has struck the wrong chord with family of the victims of the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. The pop star’s new song, “XO,” opens with a six-second audio sample that originally was ...

f-f-f-f /shutterstock.com Like many New Year’s resolutions, a once-a-year vow to quit smoking is rarely effective. Most people relapse within a month, according to the nonprofit health organization Monday Campaigns. If you’re like millions of people around the globe, quitting smoking tops your New Year’s resolution list. But experts say that rather than trying to quit once a year, which ...

Alyssa Milano is a class act when it comes to being the target of a cheap joke. The gorgeous actress, who at 41 looks better than most women half her age, found herself on the receiving end of a low blow by comic Jay Mohr after the two attended NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series awards ceremony at Wynn Las Vegas on ...

Evan Joseph Hedge fund honcho Stephen A. Cohen has cut the price on his $ 117 million Bloomberg Tower duplex to $ 98 million. As if Stephen A. Cohen’s year couldn’t get any worse, the hedge fund titan just knocked $ 17 million off the price of his opulent East Side apartment. The infamous financier, whose company pleaded guilty to ...