Smoking drinking and obesity increase the risk of dementia research reveals

cigarettesHOUSTON: Smoking, binge drinking and obesity raise the risk of dementia by shrinking your brain, researchers have found.

Now scientists have shed light on how the three risk factors can raise the chances of developing dementia, of which Alzheimer’s is the most common form.

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophyNEW YORK: The six hundred and forty-ninth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.

Niagara Regional Housing opened up this new 67-unit affordable housing building for seniors in Welland last year. Regional politicians heard on July 14 that more than 500 Read More »

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Norwegian man visited in nursing home by pony

norwegian flagNEW YORK: 89-year-old Karl Holmen was sad that he was too unwell to visit the new foal born to his granddaughter’s Susan’s horse – but Susan devised a plan to cheer him up.

That plan took the shape of Bolla, a 15-year-old mini Shetland pony, who Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeMIAMI: 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 to effectively Read More »

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