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Older siblings of autistics tend to develop hyperactivity
Older siblings tend to develop hyperactivity when raised in a home with an autistic younger sibling, a new study has...


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Robots to help repair aging water pipes
An engineering research team at the University of California, Irvine are building a robot that can travel along water pipes and repair them from the...
Former Dodgers Center Fielder Willie Davis Dies Aged 69
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Willie Davis, the speedy former All-Star center fielder who spent most of his 18-season Major League Baseball career with...
Sexual habits in older age revealed
MEN are more than twice as likely as women to be sexually active in old age but good health is the key for both to feeling...
Mother dies, son aged 2 hurt in car crash
Last Updated: March 10. 2010 1:27AM UAE / March 9. 2010 9:27PM GMT ABU DHABI // A woman was killed and her two-year-old son was injured when their car slammed into a roadside barrier and caught fire,...
Shankara's Natural, Anti-Aging BioRegenesis Skincare Line Merges Western Science With Ancient Wisdom of Ayurveda
Pictured clockwise from top: Ayurveda-Energen Body Silk II, Microcrystal Exfoliation Treatment, Regenesis-Energen ATP Cell Serum and Hydrating Cleansing Gele from Shankara¿s natural, anti-aging...
UK finance giant under burden of pension gap
Royal Bank of Scotland Group, subject of the world’s biggest bank bailout, has the largest pension deficit relative to its market value out of U.K. finance firms in the FTSE 350 index,...
Though risky elderly should not be denied surgery say docs
If Mohammed Walji (71) had not come to Mumbai, he would have had to live with tremors and other difficulties associated with Parkinson’s disease. In the US and UK, deep brain stimulation (DBS)...
Big UK companies take pension bet
London: Britain's 350 largest companies are taking big bets with their pension scheme investments. This would, on average, leave them with losses equal to a fifth of their market capitalisation if...
U.K. Plan for Free Elderly Home Care Is a Hard Sell
LONDON — Every Tuesday, Janet Isobel Bishop walks the few blocks from her rented one-bedroom apartment in Notting Hill to a painting course, followed by Tai Chi lessons. The classes are paid...
7 Reasons Job Hoppers Fare Worse in Retirement
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Families Encouraged to Motivate Seniors for American Diabetes Day
Diabetes is a serious issue affecting 24 million Americans. It’s a major health concern and mounting problem for the country as a whole – especially for the rapidly expanding senior...
Elderly victim loses $5,000 in Pines ‘pigeon drop’ scheme
Police on Tuesday were looking for two women who they say cheated an elderly victim out of $5,000 in what authorities call a "pigeon drop" scheme.The thieves persuaded a 71-year-old woman to withdraw...
Summary Box: Retirement savings a challenge
(AP) — RETIRE? ARE YOU KIDDING? A new survey released Tuesday by the Employee Benefit Research Institute shows the percentage of workers who say they've saved for retirement slid to 69 ...
Survey: Workers struggling to save for retirement
(AP) — A year after the stock market bottomed out, workers are still a bit pessimistic about having enough money for retirement. The Employee Benefit Research Institute's annual retirement...
JAL to solicit early-retirement applications starting Thursday
TOKYO — Japan Airlines Corp said Tuesday it will start soliciting early-retirement applications on Thursday from rank-and-file employees and mid-level managers aged 35 and older at its key...
Pension Funds Playing Catch Up
Private U.S. pension funds are pulling back from equity markets, while state pension funds are headed in the opposite direction, records show. Benefit consulting firm Towers Watson said two-thirds of...
Israeli 'spymaster' dies aged 82
Former Mossad spymaster and Israeli diplomat David Kimchi has died at the age of 82.He played a key role in the Iran-Contra scandal, which rocked the administration of US President Ronald Reagan in...
Elderly victim loses $5,000 in ‘pigeon drop’ scheme in Pembroke Pines
Police said Tuesday they are looking for two women suspected of cheating an elderly victim out of $5,000 in what authorities call a "pigeon drop" scheme.The thieves convinced a 71-year-old woman to...
5 Ways Retirement Expectations Are Changing
Few Americans have great expectations for their retirement. Just 16 percent of current workers say they are very confident about having enough money for a comfortable retirement, according to an...
Issues Facing Retirement Plan Fiduciaries -- Longfellow Benefits Expert Leads NEEBC Webinar March 25
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - March 9, 2010) - Retirement plan sponsors will get practical answers to some of their biggest challenges at a webinar, "Issues Facing Retirement Plan Fiduciaries," sponsored...
Nutrition Services For Older Adults At Home And In Communities
The Society for Nutrition Education (SNE) has partnered with the American Dietetic Association (ADA) and American Society for Nutrition (ASN) to publish a position paper, "Position of the American...
Public Pension Funds Are Adding Risk to Raise Returns
Companies are quietly and gradually moving their pension funds out of stocks. They want to reduce their investment risk and are buying more long-term...
81-year-old woman injured in Spanaway house fire
SPANAWAY, Wash. — An 81-year-old woman was critically injured in a smoky fire at a Spanaway house where she lived alone. Central Pierce Fire and Rescue Assistant Chief Matt Holm says a...
74-year-old woman critically injured in fire
A 74-year-old Ottawa woman was rushed to hospital in critical condition Monday night after a fire broke out in her south-end home. More than 40 firefighters fought the fire on Marlin Private in the...
Seniors' home arsonist handed 18 months in jail
EDMONTON — A man who set fire to an abandoned seniors home in Wetaskiwin in November has been sentenced to 18 months in jail.Shawn Robert Douglas Phinney, 18, pleaded guilty to arson in Wetaskiwin...
U.K. Pension Deficit Narrows In February
(RTTNews) - Funding shortfall in the U.K. pension schemes narrowed in February as stock market showed strong performance, figures released by the Pension Protection Fund showed Tuesday.The aggregate...
BrightScope Partners With Acceleration Retirement to Create Most Powerful Prospecting Solution Ever for Retirement Plan Advisors
www.brightscope.com ), a leading provider of independent retirement plan ratings and investment research, today announced a strategic partnership with Acceleration Retirement...
Light To Moderate Drinking Linked To Less Weight Gain In Middle Aged Women
A new study from the US found that normal weight women in their 40s and older who drank a light to moderate amount of alcohol gained less weight and had a lower risk of becoming obese and overweight...
RBS Has Biggest Pension Deficit of Financial Firms
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, subject of the world’s biggest bank bailout, has the largest pension deficit relative to its market value out of U.K. finance firms in...
Seniors may delay retiring
Saskatchewan seniors may start delaying retirement in order to safeguard their pension payouts, an Ontario-based expert on the subject said Monday in Saskatoon.Bob Baldwin of Informetrica Ltd. and...
Elderly woman injured in Spanaway house fire
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SPANAWAY, Wash. -- A woman in her 80s has been critically injured in a house fire in Spanaway. The house was fully involved in flames when firefighters arrived about 3 a.m....
Age Concern And Help The Aged Statement On Internet Access, UK
Commenting on research showing that four in five adults regard Internet access as their fundamental right, Michelle Mitchell, Charity Director of Age Concern and Help the Aged commented: 'Age...
'Sharp cut' in pensions deficit
A sharp cut has been reported in the deficit of final salary pension schemes in the private sector, figures show.The deficit was reduced from £51.9bn at the end of January to £15.1bn at...
David Cameron tempts George Bush out of retirement
New York Times by Stanley Fish who reminds his readers of his prediction that George W Bush would be missed within a year of leaving office.Fish highlights...
The rare spirits that went under the gavel at a recent online auction in New Zealand weren't aged brandies or hard-to-find liqueurs.
Instead, two glass vials purportedly containing the ghosts of two dead people sold for $2,830 New Zealand dollars ($1,983) at an auction that ended Monday...