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Kids need a single interaction to decide whom to seek information from

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:20:06 -0400

Kids, aged just 7 years, need only a single interaction with a person to learn if they can trust and seek information from him or her, according to a study by Queen's University researchers.

25% of animal hoarders were once rescuers; trend growing in U.S., experts say

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:51:45 -0400

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Linda Bruno called her Pennsylvania cat rescue the land of milk and tuna. It thrived for years as people sent pets they couldn't care for from hundreds of kilometres away —...

At least 1 in 7 home kitchens would flunk restaurant inspections, study suggests

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:34:37 -0400

ATLANTA - Could your kitchen at home pass a restaurant inspection? New research suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to re...

New Brunswick Medical Society seeks election promise to end cap on new doctors

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:34:33 -0400

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick Medical Society is calling on all political parties to commit to removing the cap on its health care billing numbers to address a shortage of physicians in the province...

Auburn provides netbooks to Loachapoka seniors

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:06:00 -0400

Seniors at Loachapoka High School in east Alabama have received HP netbooks equipped with wireless Internet access cards courtesy of Auburn University.

Trial reset for man accused of beating elderly woman in burglary

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:12:22 -0400

A trial has been delayed until February for a man accused of beating an elderly woman in her home during a burglary in October 2009 in the northwestern Las Vegas Valley. Daniel Ruiz, 21, will stand t...

Alzheimer’s Trade-Off for Mentally Active Seniors

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:54:06 -0400

Mental exercise lets seniors outrun Alzheimer’s disease—for a while. Then the race takes a tragic turn for the sharp-minded, a new study finds, as declines in memory and other thinking ski...

De-Nouveau by Elan Vital Strikes the Fountain of Youth with the Enzyme Telomerase

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:44:09 -0400

PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists at Elan Vital Pharmaceuticals announce anti-aging technology applications to a new product, De-Nouveau. De-Nouveau utilizes the Nobel Prize-win...

New Brunswick Tories promise increased funding for amateur sports, if elected

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:36:31 -0400

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Conservative leader says he'll boost funding for amateur sports if his party is elected Sept. 27. David Alward says a Tory government would increase amateur sports fundi...

Ottawa to take 'wait-and-see' approach on controversial MS treatment

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:36:26 -0400

OTTAWA - It will take more than anecdotes from some multiple sclerosis patients to sway the federal government into funding clinical trials of a controversial new treatment for the nerve-wasting disea...

Flu clinics set for West Valley area seniors

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:07:48 -0400

The county’s Healthy Aging Program will offer the regular flu vaccine and the new, three-in-one, high-dose version with H1N1 vaccine at all of its clinics, while supplies last.

NHS Confederation Comments On Age UK Report On Malnutrition Among Elderly Hospital Patients

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:19:14 -0400

Commenting on the report from Age UK claiming that one in three nurses would not trust the NHS to care for an elderly relative, deputy policy director Jo Webber said the NHS has made huge strides on

Surgery To Repair Torn Shoulder Muscles In The Elderly Can Reduce Pain And Improve Function

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:19:10 -0400

0 posts Repairing torn shoulder muscles in elderly patients is often discouraged because of fears of complications. But a new study conducted at Rush University Medical Center has shown that minimally...

New Brunswick Liberals promise to add air ambulance in province's north

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:19:06 -0400

CHARLO, N.B. - New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham says he'll add an air ambulance in the north of the province, if his Liberal government is re-elected Sept. 27. Graham says the new air ambulance wou...

Journal editors question sale of diet pill; study shows it can raise heart risks

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:18:56 -0400

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Editors of a top medical journal call Meridia "another flawed diet pill" and question whether it should stay on the market as a study shows it raises the risk of heart attack and stro...

N.S. health official warns of possible toxin-producing algae bloom in lake

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:18:52 -0400

HALIFAX - Residents of Nova Scotia's Inverness County are being advised to take precautions when using Lake Ainslie because of a possible algae bloom. Bill Rideout of the Department of Health Promoti...

Parkinson's sufferer backs Margo Bill to allow assisted dying

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:34:12 -0400

n support of the Bill.Ms MacDonald said she believed if MSPs voted in line with the views of their constituents there was a chance the legislation could be passed.Under the Bill, people who feel their...

Parkinson's sufferer backs Margo Bill to allow assisted dying

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:20:31 -0400

n support of the Bill.Ms MacDonald said she believed if MSPs voted in line with the views of their constituents there was a chance the legislation could be passed.Under the Bill, people who feel their...

Search for boy, aged 4, and foster parents

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:19:33 -0400

A four-year-old boy has gone missing with two adults who were looking after him, police said today. Detectives are searching for the child, called Kanan, who was being fostered by Darren La...

Search for boy, aged 4, and foster parents

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:09:15 -0400

A four-year-old boy has gone missing with two adults who were looking after him, police said today. Detectives are searching for the child, called Kanan, who was being fostered by Darren La...

Will Aging Chimps Get to Retire, or Face Medical Research

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:33:48 -0400

The Alamogordo Primate Facility at Holloman Air Force Base houses 186 other chimpanzees that were once used as medical research subjects. It has been a long time since Flo was on exhibit at the Memph...

Surgery To Repair Torn Shoulder Muscles In The Elderly Can Reduce Pain And Improve Function

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:18:57 -0400

Posted on: Wednesday, 1 September 2010, 20:18 CDT Repairing torn shoulder muscles in elderly patients is often discouraged because of fears of complications. But a new study conducted at Rush Unive...

N.S. health official warns of possible toxin-producing algae bloom in lake

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:12:00 -0400

HALIFAX - Residents of Nova Scotia's Inverness County are being advised to take precautions when using Lake Ainslie because of a possible algae bloom. Bill Rideout of the Department of Health Promoti...

Experts not sold on controversial MS treatment pioneered by Italian doctor

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:48:09 -0400

OTTAWA - Jan Mills can feel her fingertips. Most people take that feeling for granted, but Mills doesn't. Multiple sclerosis stole the sensation right out of her hands 24 years ago. But since a doct...

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