Are video games cognitively harming children?

NEW YORK: A new study is now warning that this could change the way that children use their brains, leading to mental illnesses such as dementia and depression.

The research found that sustained gaming could lead youngsters to neglect parts of their brains, with devastating Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

National Health Investors announced a $67 million purchase of three senior living communities in North Carolina, Indiana and Tennessee in a sale-leaseback transaction with affiliates of East Read More »

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Church/charities/not-for-profits adrift of reality with pious prognostications

PHILADELPHIA: There is a growing trend for church, charities and not-for-profits to spout pious prognostications as a counterpoint to increasing government pragmatism.

There is nothing wrong with two points of view.

But increasingly, the heads of those organisations, which all live off government budgetary largesse Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

PHOENIX: 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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