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- Loans and trades among zoos move animals near and far 29 Nov 2009 09:00 GMT
... Cetus, a red-ruffed lemur at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, soon ... office at the zoo's Center for Zoological Medicine has a modest poster-board wall chart showing ... the Cleveland Zoo's famous Timmy, has a geriatric group, with 50-year-old Timmy its leader. The ...
- Margaret Becker's dementia fight may aid others 29 Nov 2009 06:17 GMT
... Published: Sun, November 29, 2009 @ 12:10 a.m. Margy Becker ... of clinical trials in the battle against Alzheimer’s. STRUTHERS —The first time Dan Becker noticed ... Research Fund at University Hospitals Memory and Aging Center , 3619 Park East Drive, Beachwood, ...
- Life Sciences: New findings in life sciences described from Georgetown University, Department of Neuroscience 29 Nov 2009 06:13 GMT
... Current study results from the report, 'CXCR4 and ... of inherited cases related to known defects, Parkinson's disease (PD) is a sporadic neurodegenerative disease of ...
- Device can track Alzheimer's patients 29 Nov 2009 05:52 GMT
... WASHINGTON, D.C. - Tom Dougherty jokes that he ... it's a constant fear: When will his Alzheimer's get bad enough that she has to ... Alzheimer's, as many as half in the disease's early stages. Increasingly early diagnosis means many ...
- 10 things to consider in nursing-home care 29 Nov 2009 02:52 GMT
... - 10 things to consider in nursing-home care 1. What does ... lists from state or local ombudsmen or aging agencies as a starting point in a ... worry about turnover and training. Sources: AARP; District of Columbia Long Term Care Ombudsman, NCCNHR (formerly National ...
- Seek family member's input on choosing home 29 Nov 2009 02:52 GMT
... - Ideally, selecting a nursing home should be a careful, ... Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, which represents more than 5,000 mostly nonprofit ... worry about turnover and training. Sources: AARP; District of Columbia Long Term Care Ombudsman, NCCNHR (formerly National ...
- SPECIAL REPORT: Basic planning pays off when selecting nursing home DATABASES/VIDEOS 28 Nov 2009 23:14 GMT
... , or enable JavaScript for your browser to view the video ... Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, which represents more than 5,000 mostly nonprofit ... facility.” Gerald Kasunic, long-term-care ombudsman for the District of Columbia, said that in addition to basic issues ...
- Basic planning pays off when selecting nursing home DATABASES/VIDEOS 28 Nov 2009 22:52 GMT
... , or enable JavaScript for your browser to view the video ... Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, which represents more than 5,000 mostly nonprofit ... facility.” Gerald Kasunic, long-term-care ombudsman for the District of Columbia, said that in addition to basic issues ...
- Diabetes To Become More Prevalent, Expensive By 2034 27 Nov 2009 15:45 GMT
... Diabetes To Become More Prevalent, Expensive By 2034 Posted on: Friday, ... treatment, and the natural history of this disease, including the timing and frequency of its ... and in costs will be driven by aging "baby boomers," the 77 million Americans born between ...
- UDK holds Q&A with Chancellor Gray-Little 27 Nov 2009 13:32 GMT
... Editors note: The Chancellor’s office scheduled the University ... a budget press conference by Governor Mark Parkinson on Monday. The interview was conducted an ... one full day a week at the Medical Center campus in Kansas City, Kan. Outside ...
- Diabetes cases to double and costs to triple by 2034 27 Nov 2009 06:15 GMT
... Diabetes cases to double and costs to triple by 2034 In ... treatment, and the natural history of this disease, including the timing and frequency of its ... and in costs will be driven by aging "baby boomers," the 77 million Americans born between ...
- Obesity Leading Risk Factor of Left Atrial Enlargement During Aging 26 Nov 2009 18:34 GMT
... Obesity Leading Risk Factor of Left Atrial Enlargement During Aging WASHINGTON, DC -- November 26, 2009 -- Aside ... Monitoring of Trends and Determinations in cardiovascular Disease (MONICA) study in Germany. Left atrial volume ...
- DoD News: Contracts for November 25, 2009 26 Nov 2009 05:35 GMT
... transition services to support one new military medical facility, and the new additions and newly ... Region. Work is to be performed in Washington D.C. (10 percent); Bethesda, Md. (50 percent); and Fort Belvoir, ... and high pressure turbine assemblies, newly redesigned aging engine upgrade components, initial provisioning spares, and new ...
- Life Sciences: Researchers from Howard University, Department of Pharmacology report recent findings in life sciences 26 Nov 2009 05:15 GMT
... A new study, 'Additive protective effects of against salsolinol-induced ... approved for use in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. The increase in acetylcholine concentrations is believed ...
- BUYINS.NET: ABAT, RHT, LNG, CCOI, TCL, IPXL Are Seasonally Ripe To Go Higher In The Next 5 Weeks 25 Nov 2009 17:22 GMT
... Nov 25, 2009 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is ... middleware products for developing, integrating, deploying, and managing distributed composite and Web-based applications that are ... that address central nervous system disorders, including Alzheimeras disease, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, epilepsy, ...
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