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Cold Weather Safety Tips for Seniors
Published November 30, 2008, 11:40 am, Lexington Clipper-Herald
(ARA) - Biting cold, ice-slicked sidewalks and roadways, and storms that shut down businesses, schools and services - winter aggravations can create serious safety risks for seniors. Yet with some planning, preparation and caution, seniors can stay safe and even enjoy some time outdoors this season.
Legal blindness defined as 20/200 or less
Published November 30, 2008, 5:09 am, Great Falls Tribune
While blindness means different things, all legally blind people are eligible for Social Security financial assistance.
Out there: Hiding deer takes, but does it give?
Published November 30, 2008, 2:47 am, Billings Gazette
When I finally peeked over the gumbo knob, at least 70 antelope came into view, bedded in the sanctuary of a remote stream valley. Blessed with telescopic vision, pronghorns feel safest in places like these, open flats where they can see danger coming ...
Terry Pratchett: 'If I'd known what a progressive brain disease could do for your PR profile I may have had one earlier'
Published November 28, 2008, 4:13 pm, Independent
This is just perfect. Here is Terry Pratchett, white-bearded and diminutive behind a towering double-row of six computer screens, as their greenish glow plays on his face. He looks like the Wizard of Oz.
Video: 8-Minute Film Documentary Explores Why Humans Age
Published November 28, 2008, 2:00 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Why Humans Age is the title of an 8-minute documentary film narrated by Bill Sardi, co-founder and formulator of Longevinex® , a nutriceutical product designed to promote healthy aging.
STS-126 MCC Status Report #27
Published November 27, 2008, 8:12 pm, NASA
The crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station bid one another farewell on Thanksgiving Day, closing the hatches between the two spacecraft at 6:31 p.m. CST. The two crews conducted joint operations for 11 days, 15 minutes.
NASA STS-126 Report #27 7 p.m. CST Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008
Published November 27, 2008, 5:26 pm, SpaceRef
The crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station bid one another farewell on Thanksgiving Day, closing the hatches between the two spacecraft at 6:31 p.m. CST.
CLINICAL PRACTICE: Primary Retinal Detachment
Published November 26, 2008, 2:51 pm, New England Journal of Medicine
A 57-year-old man noted flashing lights in his right eye, followed 2 days later by a cluster of dark floaters that mildly interfered with his vision. Over the course of the next week, he noted a progressive loss of the nasal visual field in that eye, with an eventual striking loss of central acuity that prompted him to seek ophthalmologic evaluation. Examination of the fundus with the pupil ...
CASE RECORDS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: Case 37-2008 -- A 17-Year-Old Boy with a Pituitary Tumor and Skull ...
Published November 26, 2008, 2:50 pm, New England Journal of Medicine
Headaches developed when the boy was 12 years old and became progressively worse; they were associated with progressive vision loss, mood changes, worsening school performance, fatigue, cold intolerance, and weight gain. Examination disclosed bitemporal hemianopia, decreased visual acuity, positive Hoffman's sign on the right, no chest or facial hair, and mild obesity. Magnetic resonance imaging ...
Change partners and dance
Published November 25, 2008, 2:17 pm, Las Vegas CityLife
DESPITE the Mozart reference in its title, Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music is scarcely grand opera. But neither was it slumming by UNLV Opera Theatre to turn its sights to a Broadway musical, as it did Nov. 14-16. Calling Sondheim a "Broadway composer" is like saying Haydn wrote a few symphonies (more like 104).
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