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Elderly woman looking out window
2013-05-11 08:07:47| Biotech - Topix.net
When some of the world's leading researchers on Alzheimer's meet in Boston in July to discuss therapies and treatments for the so-far incurable neurological disease, will they have any breakthroughs to mention? Chances are, probably not.
International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research Critique 111: Association of Alcohol Consumption with a Measure of Osteoporosis in Elderly Women
2013-05-08 15:20:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
The density of bones, measured as bone mineral density (BMD), is strongly related to osteoporosis. Elderly women with osteoporosis, in particular, are at increased risk of fractures of the hip, arm, and spine; such fractures often relate to severe disability.
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Rich elderly 'should shun benefits'
2013-04-28 12:11:29| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Wealthy elderly people who do not need benefit payments to help with fuel bills or free travel should voluntarily give the money back, Iain Duncan Smith says.
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Why Disasters Like Sandy Hit the Elderly Hard
2013-03-08 18:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Heat waves, storm flooding aggravated by rising sea levels and other extreme events associated with climate change can affect everyone when they hit, but the danger isn't shared equally. One segment of the population -- the elderly -- is particular vulnerable when disaster strikes. In Louisiana, about 71 percent of those who died as a result of Hurricane Katrina were older than 60, and nearly half were older than 75, according to a 2006 federal report. About two weeks after Hurricane Sandy...
Fire Displaces Elderly Residents of Care Facility, One Hospitalized
2013-02-26 19:55:33| IT Services - Topix.net
The fire at the care facility at 36 Bai Gorry Place, near Treat Boulevard and Carondelet High School in Concord, was reported at 8:05 p.m., Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Fire Marshal Lewis Broschard said.
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