| North Korea fires three short-range missiles | Sat, May 18 01:09 AM |
 North Korea fired three short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday, South Korea's Defense Ministry said, but the purpose of the launches was unknown.
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| Probe begins after Conn. commuter trains crash | Sat, May 18 12:50 AM |
 Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent more than 60 people to Connecticut hospitals, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor.
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| Obama agenda seems to be weathering controversies | Sat, May 18 12:28 AM |
 Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated.
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| Colorado sheriffs sue to block new gun-control laws | Fri, May 17 08:46 PM |
 All but 10 of the state's 64 county sheriffs signed on to the suit.
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| Flesh-eating disease victim gets prosthetic hands | Fri, May 17 07:12 PM |
 The woman had lost both hands, her left leg and right foot.
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| Obama aims to cut Afghan war spending by 10 percent | Fri, May 17 07:03 PM |
 The president asked for $79.4 billion to fund so-called overseas contingency operations in fiscal 2014.
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| Amazing videos in the face of tornadoes | Fri, May 17 05:53 PM |
 A roundup of some of the best footage of the Texas twisters.
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| Skin Cancer Link To Lower Risk Of Alzheimer's Disease, Says Study | Fri, May 17 02:00 AM |
| People who have skin cancer may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease, according to research published this week in Neurology®. Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, followed 1,102 people who did not have dementia. They had an average age of 79 and were followed for an average of 3.7 years. 109 people reported that they had skin cancer in the past... | Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today |
| Assessing The Efficacy Of Different Types Of Training Programs On Cognitive Performance In Elderly Patients | Fri, May 17 12:00 AM |
| Forget apples - lifting weights and doing cardio can also keep the doctors away, according a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute... | Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today |
| Retirement Bad For Physical And Mental Health | Thu, May 16 06:00 AM |
| Retirement is bad for mental and physical health, says a new study published by the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Age Endeavour Fellowship, London. The author, Gabriel H. Sahlgren, explained that initially retirement gives most people a small health boost, but over the medium- and long-term, it causes "a drastic decline in health"... | Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today |
| Synthetic Silicate Used To Stimulate Stem Cells Into Bone Cells | Thu, May 16 01:00 AM |
| In new research published online in Advanced Materials, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) are the first to report that synthetic silicate nanoplatelets (also known as layered clay) can induce stem cells to become bone cells without the need of additional bone-inducing factors... | Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today |
| ICU Admissions From Emergency Departments Nearly Double | Thu, May 16 01:00 AM |
| A study released by George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) researchers offers an in-depth look at hospitals nationwide and admissions to intensive care units (ICU). The study, published in the journal Academic Emergency Medicine, finds a sharp increase - nearly 50 percent - in ICU admissions coming from U.S. emergency departments... | Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today |
| Detect Alzheimer's Disease Years Before Memory Loss And Cognitive Decline Become Apparent | Thu, May 16 12:00 AM |
| Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have helped identify many of the biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease that could potentially predict which patients will develop the disorder later in life. Now, studying spinal fluid samples and health data from 201 research participants at the Charles F... | Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today |
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