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Five ways housing professionals can help older people stay independent

HOUSTON: All of us want to stay in our own homes as long as we can as we get older. It’s good for us and it saves on the cost of residential care.

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Five ways housing professionals can help older people stay independent

NEW YORK: All of us want to stay in our own homes as long as we can as we get older. It’s good for us and it saves on the cost of residential care.

But how can we create homes that enable people to live Read More »

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Scanning the brain’s magnetic fields offers hope for epilepsy patients

TULSA: Stewart Duguid used to have an epileptic seizure every fortnight. He never knew when they would strike, and they proved impossible to control with medication.

“I had the tonic clonic seizures, the ones where you fall to the ground and shake,” the 26-year-old said. Read More »

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Motor symptom screening rare in patients with dementia

TUCSON: Even though patients with cognitive decline also commonly have gait, balance and manual dexterity problems, routine screening of motor symptoms by dementia experts is rare, new survey results show.

To address this lack of attention to motor dysfunction, researchers have developed a quick and Read More »

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