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| Social gaming site helps women and seniors engage for better health. Gaming community creates new connections, stronger human interactions and happier, healthier lives. |
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| www.greatplacesinc.com is a new web site to help navigate the process of caring for aging parents. More baby boomers face difficult choices with rising health care costs rise and a worsening economy. |
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| An automated system for measuring brain tissue with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can help physicians more accurately diagnose Alzheimer’s disease at an earlier stage according to a new study published in the July issue of the journal Radiology. |
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| An ultrasound exam of the heel may be able to predict if a woman is at heightened risk for fractures due to osteoporosis, according to a new multicenter study being published in the July issue of the journal Radiology. |
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| Families now have an easier way of locating senior services and elder care throughout Texas by way of the Internet. |
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| Imagine yourself back on the old wood dance floor. The nostalgia of gliding around the room with your partner dancing to those Big Band numbers you remember so well. Revisit those fine memories with Becky Barraclough founder of Sit and Dance for Seniors. Becky, a former activities director for Assisted Living homes in Utah, has combined a variety of music that seniors love and physical exercises that offer a dance-like experience while participants remain seated in a chair. |
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| New senior housing development could become one of country's few LEED-Certified Communities. |
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| Abbey Caregivers offers a free booklet to help adult children with the daunting task of interviewing and selecting an in home care provider for their parents. |
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| Families Advised to Address Subject Before a Crisis Occurs |
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| Physical therapy and marketing experts team up to create new Internet business to deliver products and services aimed directly at Babyboomers and Silver Surfers. |
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