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Health knowledge made personal
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Health knowledge made personal
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SCAN Health Plan Arizona Helps Drivers Understand the Challenges of Aging (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Mon Jan 05 12:11:00 PST 2009
Senior Care Action Network Health Plan Arizona, a nonprofit Medicare Advantage Plan, recently partnered with Dependable Medical Transportation Services to train more than 60 seasoned van drivers about what it feels like to actually "walk in the shoes of a senior."
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New Brain Scans Help Diagnose Brain Aging (Psych Central)
Wed Jan 07 04:55:47 PST 2009
UCLA scientists have used innovative brain-scan technology, along with patient-specific information on Alzheimer’s disease risk, to help diagnose brain aging, often before symptoms appear. The study, published in the January issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, may offer a more accurate metho...
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TO YOUR HEALTH: Holidays can spike signs of Alzheimer’s (River Oaks Examiner)
Tue Jan 06 22:32:17 PST 2009
If you’re spending time with your aging parents this holiday season, add one more thing to your to-do list. Take note of signs indicating physical and mental changes that may be putting your mom and dad at risk.
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Health-monitoring Technology Helps Seniors Live At Home Longer, Researchers Find (Science Daily)
Tue Jan 06 16:26:32 PST 2009
Researchers are using sensors, computers and communication systems, along with supportive health care services to monitor the health of older adults who are living at home. According to the researchers, motion sensor networks installed in seniors' homes can detect changes in behavior and physical...
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Health-monitoring technology helps seniors live at home longer, MU researchers find (EurekAlert!)
Tue Jan 06 14:41:35 PST 2009
( University of Missouri-Columbia ) University of Missouri researchers are using sensors, computers and communication systems, along with supportive health care services to monitor the health of older adults who are living at home. According to the researchers, motion sensor networks installed in...
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Health-monitoring technology helps seniors live at home longer (PhysOrg)
Tue Jan 06 14:56:02 PST 2009
Many older adults want to remain active and independent for as long as possible. Seniors want to age in their own homes and avoid moving to institutions or nursing homes. University of Missouri researchers are using sensors, computers and communication systems, along with supportive health care s...
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5 roads to better health (The Wichita Eagle)
Mon Jan 05 23:12:23 PST 2009
If you kept your New Year's resolutions through the weekend, congratulations. Read on for reinforcement. And if you didn't but still think your health could stand some improvement, read on for advice. We asked Wichita health professionals from five areas for their best advice as we face 2009 in...
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Health calendar (Asheville Citizen-Times)
Mon Jan 05 21:30:22 PST 2009
The complete Health Calendar is posted online at www.CITIZEN-TIMES.com. Scroll down to Living and click on Health.
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Health-monitoring technology helps seniors live at home longer (News-Medical-Net)
Wed Jan 07 00:52:07 PST 2009
Many older adults want to remain active and independent for as long as possible. Seniors want to age in their own homes and avoid moving to institutions or nursing homes.
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Health care ailing: union (Kingston Whig-Standard)
Tue Jan 06 21:26:48 PST 2009
Union leaders from hospitals across eastern Ontario gathered in Kingston yesterday to reinforce their demand that the provincial government maintain funding for 2009. "We're afraid [...]
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