Universal plaque-busting drug could treat various brain diseases

BOSTON: A virus found in sewage has spawned a unique drug that targets plaques implicated in a host of brain-crippling diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).

Results from tests of the drug, announced this week, show that it breaks up plaques Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Developer Caddis Partners LLC has awarded McShane Construction Company a new luxury 108-unit Heartis Assisted Living and Memory Care community in Peoria, Ill. The senior living community Read More »

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Just how small should affordable seniors housing flats be?

NEW YORK: A call has been made to impose a minimum size on affordable homes after 19 units were approved.

The planning authority has given the go ahead but expressed concern about 35 metre square flats – described in an officer’s report as “very small”. 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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