Does Medicare 'Doughnut Hole' Spur Increase In Foreign Drug Imports? (source: Medical News Today) - Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Medill Reports: "Unless federal legislation closes the Medicare coverage gap colloquially known as the 'doughnut hole,' seniors may opt for online drug imports to alleviate steep prescription costs. ... 'As seniors start falling into the doughnut hole, the... (source: Medical News Today) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

Our Response To Health Committee's Social Care Report, UK (source: Medical News Today) - Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Responding to the publication of the Health Committee's report on Social Care, Hilary Evans, Age Concern and Help the Aged's Head of Public Affairs, said: 'With the debate on social care raging, the publication of this report is extremely timely... (source: Medical News Today) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

Knee Replacement In Elderly Patients Shown To Improve Balance (source: Medical News Today) - Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Total knee replacement (TKR) successfully relieves pain and improves function in patients with advanced knee arthritis, according to a study presented today at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). The surgery als... (source: Medical News Today) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

Politicians Not Doing Enough To Improve Care For Older People, UK (source: Medical News Today) - Thu, 11 Mar 2010
Sixty per cent of people think politicians are not doing enough to improve care for older people according to a survey by Age Concern and Help the Aged. The poll also found that eight out of ten adults believe care reform is among the most important issue... (source: Medical News Today) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Age Concern And Help The Aged's Response To Today's Care Summit, UK (source: Medical News Today) - Thu, 11 Mar 2010
Following Age Concern and Help the Aged's care summit, Andrew Harrop, Director of Policy and Public Affairs for Age Concern and Help the Aged, said: 'Our care summit did exactly what it set out to do. It provided all three main political parties the neutr... (source: Medical News Today) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

New Alzheimer's test offers better opportunities for early detection (source: Science Daily) - Thu, 11 Mar 2010
Early detection is key to more effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease and other forms of cognitive impairment, and recent research shows that a new test is more than 95 percent effective in detecting cognitive abnormalities associated with these disea... (source: Science Daily) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

FCC reveals additional details of its plan to blanket the country with broadband (source: Scientific American) - Wed, 10 Mar 2010
About a third of all Americans still lack broadband access to the Internet. At its Digital Inclusion Summit, held Tuesday in Washington, D.C., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) provided a preview of its upcoming National Broadband Plan (NBP) ... (source: Scientific American) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Hormone thought to slow aging associated with increased risk of cancer death (source: Science Daily) - Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Older men with high levels of the hormone IGF-I (insulin-like growth factor 1) are at increased risk of cancer death, independent of age, lifestyle and cancer history, according to a new study. (source: Science Daily) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

Life is shorter for men, but sexually active life expectancy is longer (source: Science Daily) - Wed, 10 Mar 2010
At age 55, men can expect another 15 years of sexual activity, but women that age should expect less than 11 years, according to a new study. Men in good or excellent health at 55 can add 5 to 7 years to that number. Equally healthy women gain slightly les... (source: Science Daily) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

As Men Lose Health, Women Lose Partners (source: Medical News Today) - Wed, 10 Mar 2010
At age 55, men can expect another 15 years of sexual activity, but women that age should expect less than 11 years, according to a study by University of Chicago researchers published early online March 10 by the British Medical Journal. Men in good or exc... (source: Medical News Today) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com