PHILADELPHIA: A simple blood test developed to detect early Alzheimer’s disease is a step closer to being used to screen older adults.

Detailed standardized guidelines that are needed before a blood test could be used in practice have been published. The guidelines establish protocols and Read More »

BOSTON: Almost half of elderly residents in skilled nursing homes who are prescribed proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are receiving them without an evidence-based indication, according to a large database study presented at a conference today.

PPIs are used for various diagnoses, including ulcers and acid Read More »

AUSTIN: China has set the ball rolling for private investment in infrastructure projects, in an attempt to plug a widening funding gap amid a crackdown on traditional off-balance sheet borrowing by local governments.

China’s state planning agency has listed 1,043 proposed public-private partnerships (PPP) on Read More »

ATLANTA: Retirement community developers have been very slow to recognize the threat being posed by high rise, central business district, multigenerational residential developers.

This new breed of developer is targeting the over 50s market with a choice of ownership or rental and is now the Read More »