Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

NEW YORK: The three hundred and eighty-fourth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.

State College is one step closer to having a new affordable housing development near downtown.

The State College Planning Commission approved the final plans for a development Read More »

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Dignitas death sparks renewed controversy over assisted suicide law

SEATTLE: A father with cancer ended his life at the Swiss clinic Dignitas against the wishes of his family, despite admitting “I know I am going too early.”

Jeffrey Spector, who had a tumour on his spine but was not terminally ill, died at the Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

LAS VEGAS: Retirement communities and skilled nursing homes imply a level of elevated safety in their commercial pitch to prospective customers. But evidence is mounting that age-apartheid compounds are increasingly becoming soft crime targets and the care sector is trashing its reputation by doing nothing Read More »

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Severe infections linked to lower IQs

BOSTON: People who have had an infection that made them so sick they had to be hospitalised may have IQs that are slightly lower than average, a new study suggests, Read More »

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