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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: elderly

elderly stories: 86 news summaries

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Record Highs Scorch West

Sizzling towns open swelter shelters for elderly as heat goes on

Jul 6, 07 5:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A searing heat wave is likely to continue barbecuing the western U.S. today after record temperatures soared to 127 in Death Valley, 125 in nearby Baker and 116 in Phoenix yesterday. Las Vegas sizzled at 116 degrees with humidity in the single digits, and even northeastern Oregon cracked 107... More »

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weather • California • elderly • West • Arizona • Las Vegas • physician • United States • temperature • heat • heat wave • sun • hot • humidity • Idaho • rain

Grandpas Take Down Unruly Passenger

Retired cop and marine team up to help flight crew subdue suspicious man

Jun 5, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 65-year-old former police commander and a gray-haired former marine helped flight attendants subdue an unruly passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight Saturday night. The suspicious man threatened other passengers and refused to take his seat during the three hour Minneapolis-to-Boston flight, but the two undaunted grandpas managed to detain... More »

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Minneapolis • elderly • flight • Boston • Northwest Airlines • flight attendant • airplane

Lazy Gamblers Rent Scooters in Vegas

In the land of easy money,
tourists up the ante on indolence

May 25, 07 5:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - In Las Vegas, motorized scooters offer access to expansive casino floors to the elderly, the disabled—and now the lazy. For 40 chips a day, a growing number of young, healthy tourists are renting the scooters so they can hop from the slot machine to the craps table at up... More »

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elderly • gambling • Las Vegas • scooters • laziness • disabled • handicapped • casino

Drinking Slows Dementia

Add another item to list of alcohol-related miracles: It curbs cognitive decline

May 22, 07 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Score a victory for the nightcap: Booze may help halt dementia in the elderly, a new study suggests. The Italian research, published in the journal Neurology, concludes that a one-drink-a-day habit can slow the progression of dementia by 85% in those in people 65 and older who already show mild... More »

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health • elderly • dementia • alcohol • wine • drinking • neurology • Alzheimer's Disease

Racial Generation Gap Opens

Whites are older,
minorities are younger

May 17, 07 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The number of non-white Americans has passed 100 million—a third of the current population—for the first time, the Census Bureau reports, and the growing minority population is creating a new racial generation gap. Hispanics had the lowest median age at 27.4, while the median age of whites,... More »

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baby boomer • race • elderly • age • Census Bureau • children • America • minority • population • generation gap • voters • US Census • Hispanic

Insurers Fighting Claims of Elderly

“They’ll do anything to avoid paying, because if they wait long enough, they know the policyholders will die."

Mar 26, 07 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elderly patients who bought long-term care policies are finding their claims denied by companies calculating that they don’t have the resources or the energy to fight and are likely to die before their cases are settled. An investigation by Charles Duhigg identifies insurance companies that reject coverage for the... More »

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health care • fraud • health insurance • elderly • insurance companies

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