More Pets Encountering Dementia, Medical Problems Veterinary care is allowing dogs and cats to live much longer than ever before. As a result, dementia is something many pet owners are facing.
Nurse’s aide is arrested in alleged patient abuse ALBANY — A nurse’s aide was arrested for allegedly endangering and abusing an elderly patient in a Meiers […]
Radical Cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr Says U.S. Security Plan for Baghdad Is Doomed to Failure Advocates in Kentucky are calling for a system to notify authorties when Alzheimer’s victims wander off. The system would be modeled after the Amber Alert system for missing children.
Bothered by litter? Call this number Keep Pinellas Beautiful has a new 24-hour litter reporting […]
UPDATE: Elderly Alzheimer’s patient found Mobile Police found the man in downtown Mobile.
Tax forms add two charities Six charities have been booted off the section of the Illinois tax return that enables taxpayers to make donations. Thirteen charities remain, including two new causes: Helping the poor pay heating and cooling bills, and helping schools and other public […]
UTMB gets grant for stem cell research GALVESTON A $500,000 grant from the Cullen Foundation will support neurological stem cell research at the University of Texas Medical Branch by funding the purchase of an advanced microscope and supporting a postdoctoral fellow who assists in the studies to optimize stem cell therapy.
Cutbacks disrupt Alzheimer registry Since the […]
VeriChip Corporation Partners with Alzheimer’s Community Care to Conduct Study of VeriMed Patient Identification System VeriChip Corporation , a provider of RFID systems for healthcare and patient-related needs, announced today it has partnered with Alzheimer’s Community Care, Inc., headquartered in West Palm Beach, FL, to conduct a study of the effectiveness of the VeriMed Patient Identification […]