News tagged with senior citizens
Some who get vaccine not in high-risk groups
Oct 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- It was bound to happen: Some people who aren't at high risk for swine flu complications got the much-in-demand vaccine.
No elder left behind: Researchers say designers can help close tech gap
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 22, 2009 |
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While more older adults than ever are using cell phones and computers, a technology gap still exists that threatens to turn senior citizens into second-class citizens, according to Florida State University researchers.
Silver surfers: New social networking Web site Genkvetch geared to seniors
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Facebook, shmacebook. Senior citizens want their own social networking sites.
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Report: Arizonans make good neighbors, but not good citizens
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Dec 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Polls consistently show that Arizonans take pride in their state, enjoy their quality of life, and like and trust their neighbors. Yet despite such positive outlooks, the percentage of Arizona citizens who ...
Seniors target of N.Y. safe sex campaign
Jul 03, 2007 |
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Senior centers across New York recently began receiving free condoms as city officials have refocused their safe sex efforts to include local older citizens.
Think memory worsens with age? Then yours probably will
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Thinking your memory will get worse as you get older may actually be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that senior citizens who think older people should perform poorly ...
Study: Older may mean happier
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Jan 31, 2007 |
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A U.S. neuropsychologist says her research indicates senior citizens are more often happier than their children and grandchildren.
Carnegie Mellon professors question advice for nuclear attacks
Apr 11, 2007 |
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In the current Fox television adventure series, "24," a terrorist explodes a small nuclear bomb in Los Angeles. In the May 2007 issue of the journal Health Physics, Carnegie Mellon researchers Keith Florig and Baruch Fischh ...
Drugs industry protecting 'morally unacceptable' patent system
Jul 17, 2008 |
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Major drugs companies are using fierce lobbying tactics to protect a pharmaceutical patent system that is "simply morally unacceptable", a world-leading political philosopher will tell a major meeting of UK and European pharmacologists ...
Hospitals propose mandatory insurance
Feb 22, 2007 |
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The Federation of American Hospitals in Washington has suggested that all U.S. citizens be required to have basic health insurance.
Best go digital in a pandemic
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The use of a digital checklist for patients being administered emergency drugs during a pandemic or following a biological terrorist attack reduces the fatigue factor, according to a report in the International Journal of ...
U.S. eases up on mail-order Canadian meds
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 05, 2006 |
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U.S. customs agents will stop seizing medications ordered by mail from Canada, a report says.
Bacteria co-infections common in swine flu deaths: CDC
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Many people who have died from swine flu in the United States were also infected with other bacteria, including one which can cause pneumonia or meningitis, US health officials said Wednesday.
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