Study identifies new culprit in Alzheimer’s disease development

culpritLOS ANGELES: A recent study conducted at Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (NKI) and NYU Langone Medical Center implicates a new culprit in Alzheimer’s disease development. The research reveals that ßCTF – the precursor of the amyloid beta (Aß) peptide – acts at the Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

The building, on the corner of New Road and Garrick Street, was once the Regal Cinema and then the Gala Bingo hall. It is now home to Read More »

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Doctors could have dealt with elderly hospital ailments claims survey

LOS ANGELES: Almost a fifth of emergency department visits by the elderly are for problems that could have been managed by their doctors.

A study found hospital visits by older people were clogging emergency departments.

A senior research fellow said the alarming figures would be Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

NEW YORK: 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 Read More »

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