Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Caregivers of people with dementia face financial hardships

FILE - This Nov. 6, 2015 file photo shows The Easton Home, a senior living community, in Easton, Pa. 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, March 30, 2015, by the Alzheimer's Association. 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

FILE - This Nov. 6, 2015 file photo shows The Easton Home, a senior living community, in Easton, Pa. 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, March 30, 2015, by the Alzheimer's Association. 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.


Thursday, March 24, 2016

Healthy Habits for Type 1 Diabetes

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

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Meldonium can take months to leave body, says drug maker

File photo of Mildronate medication in pharmacy in SaulkrastiA 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.


Monday, March 21, 2016

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

file photo of embellished VW logoWhen 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.


Friday, March 11, 2016

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