After watching her grandmother struggle to remember her own family members, the young coder Emma Yang decided to figure out how to use AI and facial recognition to help her–and others coping with the illness. [Photo: Emma Yang] BY ADELE PETERS3 MINUTE READ When Emma Yang was 7 or 8... read more →
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Philadelphia Eagles' Nick Foles, left, celebrates with head coach Doug Pederson after the NFL Super Bowl 52 football game against the New England Patriots Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, in Minneapolis. The Eagles won 41-33. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) (Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) I grew up in New... read more →
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. nursing homes have significantly reduced the use of powerful antipsychotic drugs among their elderly residents, responding to pressure from many directions. Yet advocacy groups insist that overmedication remains a major problem, and want the pressure to intensify. According to the latest data from the federal... read more →
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Recent estimates show that 80 percent of caregivers in the US are not healthcare professionals. Given the both physically and emotionally taxing nature of the work, plus the fact that most caregivers aren’t professionally trained, it should come as no surprise that many caregivers suffer from anxiety. In fact, so... read more →
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By Richard EisenbergMoney & Work EditorJanuary 9, 2018 Credit: Adobe Stock Part of the TRANSFORMING LIFE AS WE AGE SPECIAL REPORT Back in June, in a blog post I wrote about the stresses many of America’s 40 million family caregivers feel, I said: “Perhaps one day, Congress will pass something... read more →
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GARY ROTSTEIN Pittsburgh Post-Gazette grotstein@post-gazette.com DEC 28, 2017 6:00 AM Former nursing home administrator Martha Bell, a convicted felon paroled in 2013, admitted in an Allegheny County courtroom this month that after her release she stole $322,000 from a man in his 80s who entrusted her with his retirement savings.... read more →
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By Debbie GalantJanuary 9, 2018 Credit: Adobe Stock There is a long list of bad things that can happen when you cheat yourself of sleep. University of California, Berkeley neuroscientist Matthew Walker, who has been trotting the globe since October to promote his new book, Why We Sleep, names cancer,... read more →
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Advice for boomers desperate to unload family heirlooms Credit: Getty Images After my father died at 94 in September, leaving my sister and me to empty his one-bedroom, independent living New Jersey apartment, we learned the hard truth that others in their 50s and 60s need to know: Nobody wants... read more →
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By DAVID H. FREEDMAN 12/13/2017 05:19 AM EST https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/12/13/drug-industry-new-developments-000598 If there’s a dream of what a new drug is supposed to do, it might look something like Kalydeco. In 2012, the new light-blue pill from Vertex Pharmaceuticals rocked the world of cystic fibrosis, a fatal disease that affects 30,000... read more →
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By SARAH KARLIN-SMITH 12/13/2017 05:20 AM EST What if you could live to 85, 90 or even 100 with your mental faculties intact, able to live independently without debilitating conditions until the last year of your life? What if just one medical treatment could stave off a handful of... read more →