Caregivers of people with dementia face financial hardships

CHICAGO (AP) - Many relatives and friends providing financial support or care to people with dementia have dipped into their retirement savings, cut back on spending and sold assets to pay for expenses tied to the disease, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Alzheimer's Association.

Caregivers of people with dementia face financial hardships

CHICAGO (AP) - Many relatives and friends providing financial support or care to people with dementia have dipped into their retirement savings, cut back on spending and sold assets to pay for expenses tied to the disease, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Alzheimer's Association.

Healthy Habits for Type 1 Diabetes

Staying healthy with type 1 diabetes means sticking to a routine of smart habits, an experts tells WebMD.

Meldonium can take months to leave body, says drug maker

A number of athletes say they took the cardiac drug before it was banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Meldonium has been in the spotlight since Russia's former world number one tennis player Maria Sharapova stunned the sporting world by announcing earlier this month that she had failed a doping test for the drug after a loss to Serena Williams at this year's Australian Open. Sharapova, who is provisionally banned while the International Tennis Federation (ITF) investigates, said she had been taking the drug for 10 years for health reasons and had not realized it had been placed on WADA's banned list on Jan. 1.

Rugby league-St Helens 'outraged' by Hohaia concussion claims

English rugby league club St Helens have reacted with "astonishment and outrage" at allegations by former New Zealand international Lance Hohaia that they told him to play while experiencing symptoms of concussions. Hohaia was the victim of the most savage attack ever seen at a Super League Grand Final in 2014 when Wigan's Ben Flowers knocked him out cold with a punch and then struck him in the face again when he was prone on the ground. The following season, Hohaia has alleged in an interview with New Zealand's Sunday Herald newspaper, the player requested a period of rest to recover from concussion symptoms but was offered prescription medicines and told to play on.

Six months into 'Dieselgat' scandal, gloom deepens in VW's hometown

When Martin Winterkorn dropped by to order some new glasses in the Volkswagen company town of Wolfsburg, he was "visibly dejected", according to his optician. Six months into the "Dieselgate" affair surrounding VW, the mood in Wolfsburg - where a workforce equal to almost half the town's population is employed at its giant car factory - is as gloomy as Winterkorn's, and shows little sign of recovering.

Wildlife heaven or nuclear hell: Chernobyl’s future up for grabs

Thirty years after the world's worst nuclear disaster, the site is at a crossroads. Some want to turn it into a wildlife reserve, others a nuclear waste dump

Chipotle Massachusetts outlet shut after workers fall ill

(Reuters) - Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc , which is trying to recover from a series of food-borne illness outbreaks, temporarily shut a Massachusetts restaurant after four employees fell sick.

'Headscarf row' consultant investigated

A hospital consultant is under investigation over comments he made about a Muslim surgeon who wore a head scarf in an operating theatre.

Gulf Arab states label Hezbollah a terrorist organization

The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council has designated Hezbollah a terrorist organization, it said on Wednesday, ratcheting up pressure on the Iran-allied group that wields influence in Lebanon and plays a key role in the Syrian crisis. Gulf Arab states imposed sanctions on Hezbollah members in 2013 in retaliation for the group's intervention in Syria's civil war in support of President Bashar al-Assad. "As the militia continues its terrorist practices, the GCC states have decided to label it a terrorist organization and will take the necessary measures to implement its decision in this regard based on anti-terrorism laws applied in the GCC and similar international laws," the statement quoted Zayani as saying.