At least half of the patients had a cognitive impairment when they entered rehabilitation.

We've insulated ourselves from higher oil prices, but we're not immune to them.

You have to understand, prior to the hurricane, gasoline stocks were already very low. We were already in a precarious situation.

Goldstein said. ''There does seem to be some lessons learned. Whether they are economic lessons or political lessons, or some combination of the two, I don't know.

Since we can't increase supply, you have to dampen demand. Over the next week to 10 days, prices are going to dramatically increase at the pump. Consumers are going to be very angry and frustrated. You're looking at not pennies, not nickels, but quarters - more than one.

We were looking at whether the initial cognitive impairment predicted or was associated with how they improved in terms of their general neurological impairment. It turned out that, at least in this population, it didn't really matter. The rate of improvement was similar, regardless of whether they had a cognitive impairment at baseline or not.

We're going to have to take the full brunt of the negative impact in the marketplace, ... In a market environment you cannot have an imbalance between supply and demand, so price is your rationer. ... The price has to go up enough to destroy enough demand to bring things back in balance.

The one thing the market doesn't have is time and the administration reacted expeditiously this time. This was good.

With or without cognitive impairment, patients improved in stroke rehabilitation, and they improved at a similar rate, regardless of whether cognitive impairment was present, at least as measured by the Mini-Mental State Exam.