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7 Indian Americans among Intel's future 40

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:20:16 -0500

Washington, Feb 3 (IANS) Seven Indian Americans figure among the 40 finalists for the Intel Science Talent Search 2012, recognised as America's "most promising high school seniors with the greatest p

HIV infections double in older population in 10 years

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:11:01 -0500

Experts are encouraging sexually active adults aged 45 and over to indulge in safe sex after recent figures revealed that sexually transmitted infections in 50-90 year olds have doubled in the past te

Anemic patients 3 times likelier to die after stroke

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:40:03 -0500

Being anemic could more than triple your risk of dying within a year after having a stroke, say researchers.

After fight to Supreme Court, U.S. company agrees to lower price of thalidomide

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:27:03 -0500

TORONTO - A U.S. company that sells a thalidomide-based drug into Canada has agreed to lower the price of the medication. The offer is the result of a review of the product undertaken by the ...

Canada says any research on lab-made bird flu must be done in top biosecurity

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:26:54 -0500

TORONTO - The Public Health Agency says any research on enhanced H5N1 bird flu viruses in Canada must be done in laboratories with the top level of biosecurity. The agency says any Canadian ...

Economist Don Drummond's report on future of government services due Feb. 15

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:26:47 -0500

TORONTO - The long-awaited Drummond Commission report on reforming Ontario's government to trim a $16 billion deficit will be released Feb. 15. Former TD Bank economist Don Drummond was hired ...

HPV vaccine recommended for boys

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:26:42 -0500

TORONTO - A federally appointed panel of experts has endorsed use of HPV vaccine in males in Canada, potentially opening the door to wider use of the vaccine in boys and young men. Until now HPV ...

I'm Dying and I Feel 'Dumb'

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:03:26 -0500

(Originally posted February 2, 2012) Though I was feeling a deep sense of loss the whole morning, grieving the things I'll never be able to do again, yesterday turned out not being a bad day at ...

Aging NHL legend Gordie Howe doesn’t have dementia, says son Marty

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:36:01 -0500

ARLEN REDEKO Gordie Howe pretends to give Michael Bublé the elbow while showing off the jerseys the Vancouver Giants will be wearing tonight (7: 30 p.m., Pacific Coliseum) to honour Mr. ...

RCMP concerned after dangerous cancer drug grabbed in holdup near Edmonton

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:31:05 -0500

LEDUC, Alta. - A public safety warning has been issued by the RCMP after a potentially dangerous drug used in the treatment of cancer was taken from an Edmonton-area drug store. Mounties say 10 to ...

Europe's homeless dying in arctic conditions

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:17:39 -0500

Officials in Ukraine say 38 more people have died in severe winter weather over the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of dead in the past week to 101. Ukraine is experiencing its coldest ...

Link Between Insulin Resistance And Brain Health In Elderly

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:29:20 -0500

New research from Uppsala University shows that reduced insulin sensitivity is linked to smaller brain size and deteriorated language skills in seniors. The findings are now published in the ...

9-year-old Maine girl bouncing back after 6 organs are replaced in groundbreaking surgery

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:26:30 -0500

HOLLIS, Maine - A 9-year-old Maine girl is home after undergoing a transplant of six organs to remove a tumour that was spreading throughout her abdomen. Doctors at Children's Hospital Boston ...

Elderly mother, daughter killed in Seminole condo fire

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:04:34 -0500

SEMINOLE -- An elderly woman and her daughter have been killed after a fire tore through their Seminole home. According to Pinellas County Sheriff's spokesperson Tom Nestor, a 97-year-old ...

Statscan numbers highlight concerns about aging and the work force

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:52:07 -0500

A significant number of mature workers are expected to retire from the labour force in the next 20 years - the latest sign of a demographic shift as Canada's population ...

Hunt for escapee who carjacked elderly couple

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:11:07 -0500

Goulburn 2580 New South Wales police say a man who escaped from Goulburn Prison this morning is armed and dangerous.Police say Mark Maukau, 23, was discovered missing from a minimum-security ...

Calgary Transit overhauls strategy for repairing its aging C-Train fleet

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:15 -0500

A Calgary woman badly beaten at a Mexican resort has successfully undergone extensive reconstructive surgery and is now beginning her long recovery, her husband ...

Prison escapee allegedly carjacks elderly couple

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:39:21 -0500

A PRISON inmate is believed to have used a screwdriver to carjack a Mazda 3 from an elderly couple after he escaped from a minimum security area of the ...

Three accused of exploiting elderly in Madison County

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:18:12 -0500

o Three women face charges in Madison County that they stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from two elderly women. A grand jury on Thursday indicted Collinsville-area residents Romayne Y. ...

Death penalty sought in elderly woman's killing

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:10:36 -0500

The Washington County District Attorney's office today announced it will seek the death penalty against a 23-year-old man accused of stabbing an elderly woman to death in her home last month. ...

Neglect and abuse in aged care

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:30:19 -0500

My nana will be 90 this month. Four months ago, she fell and fractured her pelvis in two places. But it is her experiences in the months following her accident that I really want to write about.She ...

Dying for a Nokia Lumia 900 Preorder it at a Microsoft store

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:04:40 -0500

. It costs $25 to reserve the phone, a fee that comes out of the total price of the handset. You'll have to pick it up at the location as well, a Microsoft store employee told me over the ...

Thieves 'talk' way into elderly woman's home

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:54:02 -0500

A woman talked her way into an elderly woman's home at Brighton and robbed her on Wednesday.The woman approached the ninety-year-old woman in her garden, claimed she knew her and invited ...

Scooters can give mobility to seniors who no longer drive

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:50:48 -0500

Q What seniors really need is some kind of alternative means of transportation if they are no longer fit to drive. I know there is Outreach, but are there more private services or options that ...

Tip leads to arrest in home invasion attack of elderly Hollywood man

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:47:34 -0500

Hollywood home, battering the elderly man he found inside and stealing a wallet, police said Thursday.At Floyd E. Nathan's first appearance hearing, where he was ordered to be held without ...

Court hears nurse broke elderly patient's arm

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:38:54 -0500

NOT GUILTY PLEA: Melissa Ovenden walks from Newcastle court yesterday. VICTIM: Elderly patient Phylis Hopner, who sustained a broken arm in November 2010.TWO nurses wept in court yesterday as one of ...

Scientists Now Know Why

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:30:43 -0500

Yellow-cedar, a culturally and economically valuable tree in southeastern Alaska and adjacent parts of British Columbia, has been dying off across large expanses of these areas for the past 100 ...

A look at different types of dementia

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:20:25 -0500

Dementia is an umbrella term for a variety of degenerative brain disorders, which lead to loss of memory, judgment and reasoning, as well as changes in mood and behaviour. The most common types of ...

Husband of Calgary woman beaten in Mexico says his wife is slowly recovering

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:20:20 -0500

CALGARY - The husband of a Calgary woman severely beaten in Mexico says his wife is slowly recovering after extensive facial reconstruction surgery. Andrew Nabb has released a statement through ...

Aging America, growth in Hispanic population to create health care jobs

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:57:18 -0500

Reuters--The graying of America and a booming Hispanic population is driving major changes in the structure of the U.S. workforce and the types of jobs that will be available over the next decade, a ...

Seniors pressure Ottawa on OAS

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:38:05 -0500

At 77, Ron Monk has been pulling in his monthly Old Age Security benefit for more than a dozen years.The roughly $500 a month, or $6,000 a year, is helping him through his golden years - and it ...

Elderly man dies after falling into river near DeLand fish camp

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:20:19 -0500

Florida Hospital DeLand, where he was pronounced dead at 8:28 a.m.A witness called 911 and told a dispatcher that Bass had fallen off a dock and vanished into the Norris Dead River, a tributary of ...

Florida Man Adopts Girlfriend Aged 42 as Daughter; Is it a Move to Safeguard Property

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:04:51 -0500

Florida has adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend as a daughter. Many people say his move is to safeguard his property during an upcoming lawsuit in connection with a fatal car ...

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