One target, one treatment? Not for Alzheimer’s Disease

NEW YORK: Novel compounds showing early promise for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) target multiple disease-related proteins and may have benefits beyond AD, according to research presented here at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2015.

Alzheimer’s is a complex disease that has been hard to tackle Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

NEW YORK: The six hundred and seventeenth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.

West Gateway Place, a mixed-use, transit-oriented workforce housing property being co-developed by Jamboree Housing Corporation and West Sacramento Housing Development Corporation in West Sacramento, has received $2.6 Read More »

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Driverless cars to give lifetime mobility for elderly

WELLINGTON: The driverless car revolution offers a solution to the dilemma of taking the keys off those declared at risk on the road.

Depriving the elderly of car use, freedom of movement and personal choice is a blight on both those exercising the deprivation edict Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

CHICAGO: 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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