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Seniors' Health/Staving off Diabetes with
Lifestyle Changes
Lifestyle changes
may stave off Diabetes for a Decade...
Sustaining modest weight loss for
10 years, or taking an anti-diabetic drug
over that time, can prevent or lower the
incidence of type 2 diabetes in people at
high risk for developing the disease,
according to the Diabetes Prevention Program
Outcomes Study (DPPOS), a long-term
follow-up to a landmark 2001 diabetes
prevention study...(click here to
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Seniors' Health/Heriditary Dementia?
Is disorder that
causes Dementia hereditary?...New research shows that a rare
brain disorder that causes early dementia is
highly hereditary....The brain disorder,
called frontotemporal dementia, is formerly
known as Pick’s disease and destroys parts
of the brain, leading to dementia, including
problems with language or changes in
behavior and personality...The disease often
affects people under the age of 65...(click
here to read rest of story)
Caregiving/Jilted Bride Does Good Deed
Jilted bride gifts
wedding to senior citizens
...A
bride to be who was jilted before her
wedding day decided to use her wedding as a
party for residents of a retirement
community...(click here to read rest
of story)
Lawmakers
struggle with how age should influence
Insurance Premiums...A
ge
issues emerge in the health care reform
debate as lawmakers struggle with how much
young and old people should pay for
insurance...Meanwhile, lawmakers and
different groups try to woo seniors...(click
here to read rest of story)
Diabetes News/Preventing Complications
New
targets found for preventing Diabetes
complications... In diabetes patients, high blood
glucose levels can end up killing certain
cells in the eyes and kidneys, which is why
diabetes is the leading cause of adult
blindness and of kidney failure. Years ago,
scientists identified one main route for
this destruction—high glucose produces
oxidative stress through the NF-kB molecular
pathway—but success has been elusive for
drugs targeting that pathway...(click
here to read rest of story)
Vision/How Sight is Affected
Sight gone, but not
necessarily lost?...Like
all tissues in the body, the eye needs a
healthy blood supply to function properly.
Poorly developed blood vessels can lead to
visual impairment or even blindness. While
many of the molecules involved in guiding
the development of the intricate blood
vessel architecture are known, only now are
we learning how these molecules work and how
they might affect sight...(click here
to read rest of story)
Diet/Beneficial Role for Fatty Acids?
This
is Your Brain on Fatty Acids...Saturated
fats have a deservedly bad reputation, but
Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered
that a sticky lipid occurring naturally at
high levels in the brain may help us
memorize grandma’s recipe for cinnamon buns,
as well as recall how, decades ago, she
served them up steaming from the
oven...(click here to read rest of story)
Seniors' Safety, Security/Fake FDIC Letters,
Scam
Bogus E-mails from FDIC Link Computer Users
To Viruses...Cyber
criminals are using fake messages claiming
to be from the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC) to deliver a virus
capable of stealing unsuspecting victims’
bank passwords and other sensitive personal
information...(click here to read rest of
story)
The
Virtual Family/Beneficial Role for
Technology in Patient Health
Consumer Electronics
can help improve Patient Health...Electronic
tools and technology applications for
consumers can help improve health care
processes, such as adherence to medication
and clinical outcomes like smoking
cessation, according to a report by
researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health...(click
here to read rest of story)
Seniors' Entertainment/'In the Heights'
Comes to St. Louis
‘In
the Heights’, Grammy ®, Tony ® winner,
best musical, best musical and lyrics, best
choreography, best orchestrations comes to
the Fabulous Fox Theater, November 10-22...(click
here to read rest of story)
Fox
Performing Arts Charitable Foundation
presents Master Dance Class with ‘In the
Heights’ cast members...Fox
Performing Arts Charitable Foundation is
pleased to announce collaboration with
STAGES Performing Arts Academy to present a
one-hour Master Dance Class taught by In
The Heights cast members Daniel Cruz &
Kristina Fernandez...(click here to read
rest of story)
Prescription Drugs/Overpriced Nexium
...This
holiday season, settle your stomach, relieve
your wallet...Just in time for the holidays, when
many of us may suffer from occasional
heartburn, a new ...(click here to read rest of
story)
