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With the UK set to start talks on leaving the EU, and with the country’s ability to attract funding to cover its current-account deficit uncertain, downward pressure on sterling is likely to continue. Sterling declined by roughly 6% against the US dollar within a few minutes on currency markets on 7 October. Whatever the reasons for the sudden plunge, and although there was a rapid (but partial) recovery in sterling’s value, it is quite worrying to see a major currency moving so much...

Published: Wednesday April 06 2016 One of the biggest challenges facing medicine as populations age is the cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s, the target of considerable investment in research which has yet to find a cure for patients with this distressing condition. But a pioneering Alzheimer’s prevention clinic at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center offers cutting-edge prevention strategies that can delay its onset. The clinic was founded in 2013 by neurologist...