Monthly Archives: August 2015
British Youth’s Test Could Detect Alzheimer’s Long Before Symptoms
RespectThat’s one smart young man. “A 15-year-old British boy has developed a potential test for Alzheimer’s disease which could allow the condition to be diagnosed 10 years before the first symptoms appear,” according to a recent story in The Daily Telegraph newspaper of London. The disease, the story by science editor Sarah Knapton points… Read More »
Elder Mediation Can Help Keep Siblings Friends
The stresses and strains of caring for an aging parent, and especially determine what form that care should take, can push apart even the closest of siblings. A recent story in The New York Times describes how two sisters nearly had a falling out after the death of their father in 2011 when it… Read More »
Article Predicts Technology May Change How People Age
Technology can’t halt the aging process, but a Huffington Post piece points out that it may change the way people grow older. “Technology is changing everything, including how we will age and the quality of our senior years,” begins the story by Ann Brenoff ” Mobile devices, wearable gadgets and Internet-based technologies will help… Read More »
Budget Shortfall Could Close VA Hospitals
Health care for veterans, already in a deplorable state, could be about to get much worse, according to a recent Associated Press story that ran in in The San Diego Union-Tribune. The Department of Veterans Affairs may have to shut down some hospitals this month if Congress fails to act to close to $2.5… Read More »