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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Canada Standard.com http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/10/id/e974f944f2e7496e/ en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:28:55 -0400 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:28:55 -0400 30 Washington, July 24 : Keeping a close eye on your teenage kid's every move will actually encourage him or her to have more sex, according to a new study which provides a link between rigid parenting and increased sexual activity in older teens. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/385920/cs/1/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:01:28 -0400 Canada Standard.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/385920/cs/1/ London, July 24 : Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson h has reiterated that the aging superstars of the Chelsea football club are too old to win the Premiership next season. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/385804/cs/1/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:01:07 -0400 Canada Standard.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/385804/cs/1/ Washington, July 24 : In a move which has attracted criticism from a section of US Congressmen, President George Bush has reportedly planned to shift nearly 230-million-dollar aid to Pakistan from counter-terrorism programs to upgrading that country's aging F-16 jets, because "Pakistan prizes more for their contribution to its military rivalry with India than for fighting insurgents along its Afghan border". http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/385726/cs/1/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:00:12 -0400 Canada Standard.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/385726/cs/1/ As America's baby boomers age, more and more are developing dangerous health conditions such as diabetes that necessitate the use of medical ID tags. Lauren's Hope medical alert bracelet jew... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16400579/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:38:16 -0400 PRWeb http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16400579/ The study didn't investigate why the increase in one age group was so much higher than the other. It found the percentage of older children diagnosed with ADHD has been rising by 4 percent each year. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16400008/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:41:53 -0400 Associated Press http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16400008/ West Australian seniors will be able to travel on discounted public transport fares anywhere in Australia from next year. Seniors discounts are currently restricted to a person's home state. The agr... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16399181/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:03:18 -0400 ABC Australia http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16399181/ LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's blue-chip companies are putting at risk up to 80 billion pounds in final-salary pension schemes over the next 12 months as they place heavy bets on investments mainly in e... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16400256/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:58:18 -0400 Reuters http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16400256/ Washington, July 23 : Retired older adults can play a significant role in environmental conservation by volunteering for programs run by various environmental organizations. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16399756/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:20:34 -0400 New Kerala http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16399756/ Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes sees himself retiring from football in two years' time. The 33-year-old former England international, who has spent the whole of his career at Old Trafford... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16400255/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:16:43 -0400 Sky Sports http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16400255/ Significant numbers of older people do not want to be forced to retire a report by the Equality Authority suggests. Its annual report reveals that, for the first time, age was the most common ground ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16400254/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:45:08 -0400 RTE http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16400254/ Bluff Creek Golf Course's front nine opened in 1998 and the back nine in May 1999, but the course doesn't look less than 10 years old.Mature trees surround the course, giving it a wooded feel. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16400257/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:44:24 -0400 Indianapolis Star http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16400257/ Feelgoodforlife.com Offers Valuable Information on the Effects of Antioxidant Rich Supplements on the Aging Process -- and Goji Juice Is Near the Top of the List http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16399180/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:37:04 -0400 Market Wire http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16399180/ BOSTON (CBS) ― It's a knee injury that affects more than a million people every year. It's called a meniscus tear or tear in the knee cartilage, and it happened to David Ortiz, Tiger Woods, an... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16400253/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:29:57 -0400 UPN 31 http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16400253/ CHICAGO (Reuters) - A growing number of older U.S. children are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, while diagnoses among younger children have held steady, government resea... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16395973/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:34:26 -0400 Reuters http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16395973/ Sports Photos: Check out new pics of everything going on today in the world of sports! Denver, CO (Sports Network) - Denver Broncos wide receiver Rod Smith has scheduled a Thursday afternoon press con... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16396214/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:03:50 -0400 NewsTalk Radio 810 http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16396214/ July 23, 2008 · About one quarter of the people who work for minimum wage are teenagers. But most of the workers making the minimum are adults, including 63-year-old Shirley Golliday.Golliday i... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16389694/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:18:16 -0400 NPR http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16389694/ DENVER—Broncos receiver Rod Smith is planning to hold a news conference Thursday amid published reports that he will retire. Smith's agent, Jack Mills, confirmed the event but declined to give d... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16390508/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:09:16 -0400 Denver Post http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16390508/ SPLIT (SW) - Former Croatian national team player Igor Tudor has ended his career as result of an ongoing ankle injury. Tudor announced this to media on Wednesday. The 30-year-old injured his an... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16391042/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:59:48 -0400 soccerway http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16391042/ Senior Coalition told reporters today. The group says phones are no longer a luxury item: Seniors can keep costs under control with inexpensive prepaid phones. Once they have a phone, seniors should ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16382932/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:29:22 -0400 U.S. News & World Report http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16382932/ Inflation of bagels and coffee Inflation is the steady increase in prices that affects you each time you go to a grocery store, fill up your car's gas tank or buy a winter coat. It's the biggest inves... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16383980/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:16:20 -0400 MSN Money http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16383980/ Chappell advises women to take responsibility for their own retirement savings before helping other relatives financially. "It's like the oxygen mask on the plane," says Chappell. Women shou... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16384518/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:29:11 -0400 U.S. News & World Report http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16384518/ SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. -- The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly crash that shut down I-4 for hours.Netta Beard, 43, of Winter Park was killed in the accident near the 434 exit Tuesday ni... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16384513/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:17:40 -0400 WFTV9 http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16384513/ BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. -- A Brevard County con artist, who scammed dozens of elderly people out of tens of thousands of dollars, was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday morning in the first of ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16384516/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:17:37 -0400 WFTV9 http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16384516/ WASHINGTON -- About half of employers with defined-benefit pension plans have frozen one or more of those plans, putting the retirement incomes of millions at risk, according to a government report ma... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16383944/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:05:22 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16383944/ LANGLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - July 23, 2008) - The Government of Canada is following through on its commitment to strengthen Canada's public pension system and ensure that low-income senior... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16382934/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:46:53 -0400 Market Wire http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16382934/ MTV for the documentary "Choose or Lose & Kanye West Present: Homecoming," the next installment of the "Choose or Lose" campaign which tells the stories of war veterans and the difficulties they face ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16384517/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:42:23 -0400 Billboard http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16384517/ A council has apologised to two women after a worker ordered them to stop photographing a deserted paddling pool over fears about child protection. Southampton City Council said it was trying to safe... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16384514/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:34:12 -0400 BBC http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16384514/ Hoping to avoid a November ballot measure, San Diego's labor unions instead gave in to many of Mayor Jerry Sanders' demands in a last-minute deal that reduces retirement benefits for future ci... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16378847/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:26:19 -0400 Sign on San Diego http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16378847/ — Researchers from Duke University, the University of Cincinnati (UC) and the Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center are hoping to find a geographical pattern to help explain why 1991 Gulf... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16378846/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:59:14 -0400 Science Daily http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16378846/ Thomas M. Menino is turning to Beacon Hill to try to change a law that allows government workers to go out on disability at inflated pay rates. Menino administration officials met behind closed doors... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16373572/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:48:55 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16373572/ I think you're a perfect example of someone who's a lousy candidate for a target-date retirement fund and who ought to invest on his own. Wait a minute. On second thought, you may be a perfect exampl... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16373570/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:47:52 -0400 CNN Money http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16373570/ Don’t get discouraged by market losses and temporary setbacks. Long term retirement saving is usually a winning game. Question: I'm 34 years old and have been investing 10% of my income in my 4... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16373521/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:47:39 -0400 CNN Money http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16373521/ SATURDAY, July 19 (HealthDay News) -- Falls are a leading cause of serious injury and death among elderly people in the United States, and most of those falls occur in the home, says the American Geri... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16373571/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:13:51 -0400 K8 http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16373571/ The already critically stretched NSW Ambulance Service is being used as a taxi service to the local shops by older residents of western Sydney, it has been reported.Older locals use their pensioner en... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16368421/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:48:32 -0400 The New Zealand Herald http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16368421/ Jim Abrams, The Associated Press July 22, 2008 - 7:54 p.m. WASHINGTON - About half of employers with defined-benefit pension plans have frozen one or more of those plans, putting the retirement incom... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16368417/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:16:25 -0400 Canadian Business http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16368417/ The first annual International Congress in Aesthetic, Anti-Aging Medicine & Medical Spa (ICAAM) Middle East is set to take place in Dubai this autumn. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16367320/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:57:31 -0400 AME Info http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16367320/ A Gold Coast aged care complex that has been in lockdown for 10 days hopes to open its doors by the end of the week. A palliative care patient from the Lady Small Haven aged care complex at Benowa wa... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16367322/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:43:20 -0400 ABC Australia http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16367322/ Poland's BRE Bank , a unit of Germany's Commerzbank , sold 49.7% of Aegon PTE pension fund to Dutch Aegon for 482.5 million zlotys ($239 million), the bank said, reports Reuters. BRE exercised an opti... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16363172/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:06:09 -0400 Congoo http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16363172/ Mayor Jerry Sanders and three city unions, officials said Tuesday.Sanders said the agreement is another step in reforming the city's pension system. He said in 20 years, the new compromise would save ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16363289/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:11:19 -0400 NBC San Diego http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16363289/ South Africa should not only be training artisans for current needs, but also replacing its aging workforce, a human resources company said in Johannesburg on Tuesday. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16362122/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:08:54 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16362122/ David Friend, The Canadian Press July 22, 2008 - 5:40 p.m. TORONTO - Federal public servants may see further shrinkage of their pension fund after it took writedowns totalling more than $1.4 billion ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16363291/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:52:35 -0400 Canadian Business http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16363291/ (HIG) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's AgeLab, a research center focused on older adults. Women's worries are justified, the research said, because women typically live longer than me... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16363292/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:41:50 -0400 Morning Star http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16363292/ Hundreds of thousands of senior citizens are at risk because they are living among registered sex offenders, parolees and residents with violent histories, according to a nursing home watchdog who stu... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16362123/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:31:19 -0400 ABC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16362123/ Retirement Estimator requires that you enter your name, Social Security number and a few other pieces of personal data, but doesn't require you to plug in years of earnings history. The income info al... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16356833/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:59:09 -0400 Associated Press http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16356833/ NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of a study in the current issue of the journal Stroke suggest that there is an association between depression and an increased risk of having a first stroke in ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16356828/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:14:58 -0400 Reuters http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16356828/ Posted on: Tuesday, 22 July 2008, 13:00 CDT Liver transplants from donors over the age of 60 appear to function just as well in patients as those from younger donors, according to a new study. Resear... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16358041/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:01:09 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16358041/ Police are looking for a couple accused of robbing an elderly woman. Police were called to the Lone Mountain Mobile Home Ranch just after 9 p.m. Monday night. They say the suspects forced the woman in... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16358040/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:05:59 -0400 KVBC3 http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16358040/ Retired teachers are speaking out at the Manitoba legislature this week against a bill that affects the cost-of-living adjustments to their pensions. More than 450 people have made submissions to the... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16358043/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:28:42 -0400 CBC News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16358043/ July 22, 2008 · China's path to Olympic glory is littered with human sacrifice — that of athletes who failed to make it to the top ranks of sports. The country now has tens of thousands o... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16350908/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:33:21 -0400 NPR http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16350908/ The body of an elderly man was discovered Monday in a canal in the Riverton City area of Kingston. The man believed to be about 80-years old has been identified only as ‘Tommy' of a Water... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16350239/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:11:22 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16350239/ A serious collision in Aurora has become a double fatality. Four people were taken to hospital after the Honda Civic they were in crossed into oncoming traffic on Wellington St. in Aurora and was st... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16350241/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:09:41 -0400 C News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16350241/ — A new study from Duke University Medical Center finds that patients treated solely with medications after suffering from chest pain, heart attack or coronary artery disease are more likely to d... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16350244/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:12:32 -0400 Science Daily http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16350244/ www.data393.com ), a leading provider of colocation, managed hosting, disaster recovery and IP network services, announced today an agreement to deliver high density colocation services to Sagitec ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16350781/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:49:06 -0400 Market Wire http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16350781/ WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - July 22, 2008) - Cooley Godward Kronish announced today that Cooley partner and former SEC Commissioner Roel Campos has been selected as Fiduciary Counsel to the Teache... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16351121/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:48:27 -0400 Market Wire http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16351121/ Three pensioners who launched a High Court battle to get a "sight-saving" drug will get it - paving the way for others to receive it too. Warwickshire Primary Care Trust said it would now fund the ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16351804/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:28:09 -0400 BBC http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16351804/ WASHINGTON -- People planning for retirement got a new tool this week: a fast and easy online estimator for their Social Security benefits. The Social Security Administration unveiled its new retireme... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16342235/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:30:41 -0400 The Detroit News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16342235/ Robinson is now 106 - that's 35 years older than McCain - and she began using the Internet at 98, at the Barclay Friends home in West Chester, Pa., where she lives. "I started to learn because I wante... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16341829/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:21:11 -0400 The Ledger http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16341829/ There's new advice for older men who want to preserve their sexual function: have sex, and have it often, researchers say. In a study that followed nearly 1,000 older Finnish men for five years, rese... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16342912/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:51:03 -0400 West Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16342912/ Many orphaned and vulnerable children in Mozambique are assisted by UNICEF-supported community organizations that provide support to households headed by children and the elderly. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16341805/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:58:42 -0400 UNICEF http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16341805/ . This Canadian focused equity fund is not likely to be on your radar screen because it only reopened in late June, after being closed to new investors since 1993. Judging by its performance lately, i... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16341828/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:37:02 -0400 The Globe And Mail http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16341828/ — Older adults can decrease their risk of disability and increase their likelihood of maintaining independence by 41 percent by participating in a walking exercise program, according to a new Uni... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16338104/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:03:19 -0400 Science Daily http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16338104/ Christchurch police are investigating claims an elderly woman was pushed in front of traffic. The 77-year-old woman has told police walking south on Colombo Street next to Sydenham Park at around 5... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16338102/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:31:49 -0400 One News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16338102/ July 21, 2008 - 7:15 p.m. NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of Charlotte Russe Holdings Inc. fell more than 20 percent on Monday, after the women's apparel retailer said third-quarter results missed expec... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16333297/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:08:42 -0400 Canadian Business http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16333297/ July 21, 2008 · Last week, Congress passed a bill over the president's objections that eliminated a pay cut for doctors — but what went almost unnoticed is that it cut the co-payment seni... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16333107/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:30:23 -0400 NPR http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16333107/ Gov. Charlie Crist , who is pushing changes to the state's program. ``I just think it's wrong.'' Crist, however, has yet to offer specific fixes. While the details may differ in other states, Fl... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16334207/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:43:47 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16334207/ PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― Loretta Kinger, 76, of Squirrel Hill, has been coming to the Jewish Community Center every day after her sister's death eight years ago. "I needed somewhere to go," Kinger... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16334209/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:32:47 -0400 2KDKA http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16334209/ CHICAGO: Alzheimer's patients given a popular rheumatoid arthritis drug showed seemingly dramatic improvements in a small study, but some doctors worried that the early findings will raise prematur... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16333374/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:32:23 -0400 Times of India http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16333374/ Aging in place communities have formed to help older adults reside safely in their homes as long as possible. Here's a list of pioneering communities and other resources: http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16327874/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:34:33 -0400 U.S. News & World Report http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16327874/ Posted: 12:33 PM- Emmylou Harris played her usual mix of country hits and old favorites, regardless of their origins, for a mellow, sold-out crowd Sunday at Red Butte Gardens. Singing and playing ac... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16329179/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:52:56 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16329179/ July 21, 2008 - 3:45 p.m. BOSTON (AP) - An elderly woman has been diagnosed with a rare brain disorder, state health officials said Monday. There are about 300 U.S. cases each year of Creutzfeldt-... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16327873/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:23:14 -0400 Canadian Business http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16327873/ Facebook Inc. rolled out a major redesign of its social networking site late Sunday that features a cleaner interface that links feed technology with user forums. Company officials said the updated si... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16327872/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:44:44 -0400 Computerworld http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16327872/ July 21, 2008 - 11:55 a.m. LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Bolivia's president is seeking to nationalize two of his country's biggest private pension funds, which manage assets worth more than $3 bi... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16329178/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:05:16 -0400 Canadian Business http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16329178/ Posted on: Monday, 21 July 2008, 08:44 CDT why we Web ... The top three reasons Americans use the Internet, according to the Pew Internet Project, are ... ... and: online banking, shopping, travel, r... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16322751/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:46:09 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16322751/ Posted on: Monday, 21 July 2008, 06:00 CDT A NEW study into older drug users is to be carried out in the Capital. It is aimed at improving care for a group of people whose numbers are expected to dou... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16324086/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:46:03 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16324086/ NEW YORK - If Senator John McCain is really serious about becoming a web-savvy citizen, perhaps Kathryn Robinson can help. Robinson is now 106 - that's 35 years older than McCain - and she began ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16322753/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:58:51 -0400 C News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16322753/ TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- It's an offer many private sector workers wish they could get -- briefly retire and take thousands in a lump sum payment. Then go back to work at your old job and collect both a f... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16324083/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:09:37 -0400 WFTV9 http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16324083/ — Commonly viewed as an inevitable consequence of aging and often ignored in clinical practice, falls among the elderly were cut by 11 percent when researchers at Yale School of Medicine used a c... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16322750/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:03:38 -0400 Science Daily http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16322750/ Potentially life-changing drugs for rheumatoid arthritis could be rationed for the UK's 60,000 sufferers, patients' groups warned today. NHS patients should not be allowed to try a second inhibitor if... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16323133/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:44:33 -0400 The Guardian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16323133/ Santa Monica Plastic Surgeon SANTA MONICA, CA--(Marketwire - July 21, 2008) - The number of baby boomers actively pursuing anti-aging cosmetic procedures is on the rise, and plastic and cosmetic su... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16322749/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:39:06 -0400 Market Wire http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16322749/ NEW YORK (CBS) ― Falls in senior citizens can take a terrible toll, from broken hips and bones to serious head injuries. In fact, one third of seniors who fall and break their hip are dead wit... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16324082/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:17:56 -0400 WCBSTV http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16324082/ Posted on: Monday, 21 July 2008, 03:00 CDT By Stowe, Gene When it doesn't seem like just a "senior moment," when the person or a loved one notices changes and starts wondering whether dementia is com... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16318644/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:13:18 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16318644/ 07/21/2008 Maryland Heights — The Maryland Heights Department of Human Services is trying a new way to keep elderly residents active — a Nintendo Wii league. Each weekly event will be ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16319249/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:07:47 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16319249/ VetFriends.com - the largest Web site for reuniting U.S. military veterans - has recently reached over 875,000 registered members. VetFriends.com continues to expand in support of U.S. veterans and mi... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16320075/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:07:37 -0400 PRWeb http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16320075/ Cenegenics® Medical Institute, the world's largest age management practice, announced the opening of its fifth center, Cenegenics Dallas-Fort Worth. The center is one of several the global le... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16320076/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:07:38 -0400 PRWeb http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16320076/ Snooty, who was born July 21, 1948, at the old Miami Aquarium, is believed to have been the first manatee born in captivity. Like many middle-age people, he's been fighting the battle of the bulge, so... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16318643/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:57:16 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16318643/ Why hands age: Besides our face, hands are the part of our bodies that receive the most year-round sun exposure. Photoaging comes from UVA, which is always present during daytime even when it's cloudy... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16318642/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:58:37 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16318642/ After 40, women were supposed to be getting old and take to wearing clothes that covered their 'loosening' body. But when Helen Mirren showed off her voluptuous figure in a bikini, she took over pages... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16315511/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:28:58 -0400 Hindustan Times http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16315511/ By Reuters China's national pension fund will not make significant changes to its investment portfolio despite suffering big losses in equities, the fund's chairman, Dai Xianglong said in comments pub... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16314336/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:23:48 -0400 CNBC http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16314336/ Associated Press NEW YORK — Saving enough for retirement can fall far down on a to-do list for Americans squeezed by rising costs for necessities like food and energy. But even those who do se... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16314592/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:13:14 -0400 Lexington Herald-Leader http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16314592/ Peter Aldhous Magazine issue 2665 OLDER people don't smell so bad - at least not those in the US. A study has found no evidence of chemicals previously blamed for an unpleasant "ageing odour" in t... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16314201/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:40:55 -0400 New Scientist http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16314201/ Jono Gibbes Long-serving Chiefs and Waikato lock Jono Gibbes today announced his retirement from all rugby, as the result of a knee injury.Former All Black Gibbes, 31, said an on-going injury to his l... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16311800/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:24:20 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16311800/ China's national government pension fund, the Social Security Fund (SSF), has reported operating income of 145.35 billion yuan ($21.2 billion) for 2007, with a return rate of 43.19 percent. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16312269/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:59:18 -0400 China Daily http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/16312269/