| Seniors Get Boost From Bad News About the Young
(HealthDay)
| Thu, Sep 2 08:48 PM |
| HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Older people prefer to read
negative news stories about the young, possibly because it makes them feel
better about themselves, a new study suggests. | Yahoo! News: Seniors/Aging News |
| Today's Opinions: Pawlenty's Order Against The Health Overhaul, Repealing The Health Law And More About Health Care Costs | Thu, Sep 2 05:00 AM |
| Pawlenty's Order Pure Politicking The Bemidji (Minn.) Pioneer The move can be explained in no other way than in being a totally partisan decision, intended to shore up his conservatism in what will be a 2012 battle of who is more conservative to wear the Republican mantle for president (9/1)... | Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today |
| Mental "exercise" linked to faster dementia progression
(Reuters)
| Thu, Sep 2 04:19 AM |
 Reuters - While staying mentally active in old age has been linked to a delayed onset of dementia, seniors who engage in such brain "exercise" may actually have a faster rate of decline once Alzheimer's is diagnosed, researchers reported Wednesday.
| Yahoo! News: Seniors/Aging News |
| Eisai Announces The Start Of The First Clinical Study Of Ban2401, A Novel Monoclonal Antibody Targeting Neurotoxic Protofibrils | Thu, Sep 2 04:00 AM |
| Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan, President & CEO: Haruo Naito, "Eisai") announced today the start of the first patient enrolled clinical study with BAN2401, a novel monoclonal antibody that is being developed as a potential next-generation therapeutic treatment for Alzheimer's disease... | Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today |
| Age UK Response To The National Hip Fracture Database Report | Thu, Sep 2 04:00 AM |
| In response to the 'National Hip Fracture Database National Report 2010', Michelle Mitchell, charity director at Age UK, said: "Falls represent the most frequent and serious type of accident in the over 65s... | Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today |
| Employers From Nearly Every Sector Of Economy Applying For Health Overhaul's Early Retiree Subsidies | Thu, Sep 2 04:00 AM |
| Seven states that are suing the federal government to throw out the health overhaul are also preparing to take subsidies that will help them afford medical costs for retirees, The Associated Press reports. "An administration official said Tuesday seven states suing the federal government are among 16 already approved for subsidies to help with the health care costs of early retirees... | Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today |
| Medicare Smoking Prevention Program Could Lower Costs | Thu, Sep 2 04:00 AM |
| The Fiscal Times: A Medicare program that has agreed to pay for counseling for seniors who smoke but are not yet sick could help the program, and America's health system, lower costs. "Smoking costs the U.S. economy $97 billion annually in lost productivity, in addition to the $96 billion a year in direct health care costs, according to [the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services]... | Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today |
| Protein Identified That Spurs Formation Of Alzheimer's Plaques | Thu, Sep 2 02:00 AM |
| In Alzheimer's disease, the problem is beta-amyloid, a protein that accumulates in the brain and causes nerve cells to weaken and die. Drugs designed to eliminate plaques made of beta-amyloid have a fatal problem: they need to enter the brain and remove the plaques without attacking healthy brain cells... | Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today |
| New Study Singles Out Factors Linked To Cognitive Deficits In Type 2 Diabetes | Thu, Sep 2 01:00 AM |
| Older adults with diabetes who have high blood pressure, walk slowly or lose their balance, or believe they're in bad health, are significantly more likely to have weaker memory and slower, more rigid cognitive processing than those without these problems, according to a new study published by the American Psychological Association... | Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today |
| Mental 'Exercise' May Only Hide Signs of Alzheimer's
(HealthDay)
| Wed, Sep 1 08:48 PM |
| HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Reading, crossword
puzzles and other mentally stimulating activities have pros and cons when
it comes to Alzheimer's disease, new research suggests. | Yahoo! News: Seniors/Aging News |
| Cancer drug points way to new Alzheimer's approach
(Reuters)
| Wed, Sep 1 10:39 AM |
| Reuters - An altered version of the cancer drug Gleevec could form the basis of a new class of drugs that block the development of brain-damaging plaques in Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. | Yahoo! News: Seniors/Aging News |
| National Service Agency Announces 2011 AmeriCorps Funding Opportunities | Mon, Aug 30 10:00 PM |
| The Corporation for National and Community Service today kicked off its 2011 AmeriCorps grant competition by releasing two funding notices for organizations interested in using national service as a solution to critical problems facing our communities and our nation. | Senior Corps - Newsroom Feed |
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