Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

A sequence of house-shaped volumes make up the form of this medical centre, designed by Hkl Studio to blend in with neighbouring homes on the outskirts of Read More »

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Eco homes cause asthma claims Norwegian group

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Norway’s largest association for asthma and allergy sufferers has warned that new carbon neutral building regulations may lead to an increase in breathing disorders and allergies.

“In our eagerness to solve an environmental problem, we are causing a health problem,” said Bo Gleditsch Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

SAN JOSE: Retirement communities and rest 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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GIGYF2 mutation in late-onset Parkinson’s disease with cognitive impairment

BOSTON: Although in the last two decades there has been considerable progress in understanding the genetic basis of Parkinson’s disease (PD), the majority of PD is sporadic and its genetic causes are largely unknown. In an attempt to identify novel genetic causes of PD, whole-exome Read More »

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