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An existing treatment for immune disorders shows promise for slowing the memory decline of Alzheimer’s disease. The treatment — intravenous immunoglobulin, or IVIG for short — comes from blood. IVIG is a collection of the germ-fighting molecules called antibodies that course through healthy people’s blood. “Our very small study suggests …

HAVANA – Fidel Castro (search) accused Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez (search) of being an “agent” of the United States Monday in a stinging critique of the diplomat, who is neck-to-neck with Chile’s interior minister in a race to head the Organization of American States (search). In televised remarks, …

SALT LAKE CITY – Snubbing President Bush’s education changes, the Utah Legislature on Tuesday passed a measure giving state education standards priority over federal ones imposed by the No Child Left Behind Act (search). Education Secretary Margaret Spellings (search) has said the state bill could cost Utah $76 million in …