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Today's Science Section of the NYTimes has some 
interesting stuff:

Neural Cells, Grown in Labs, Raise
Hopes for Brain Disease Cures
By ANDREW POLLACK 
(May 30) Hope is growing that neural cells
implanted into the brain can replace damaged cells
and restore functions lost to stroke, spinal cord
injury or neurological diseases like Parkinson's and
Alzheimer's, most of which have no effective
treatments.
 
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/
science/053000sci-stem-cells.html

And covering living wills and
health care directives:

Charting a Course of Comfort and
Treatment at the End of Life
By DENISE GRADY 
(May 30) In an era of high-tech medicine when
aggressive treatment seems to be the norm,
ensuring a quiet death is far from certain. But the
answer seems to be low-tech and old-fashioned,
though by no means simple: conversation. 
         
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/
health/053000hth-living-wills.html


* Part One: At Life's End, Many Patients Are Denied Peaceful
         Passing (May 29, 2000) 

http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/
health/052900living-wills.html

Victoria Nordli cg