Varied Routes to Safer Streets

Plans to eliminate traffic deaths involve shared responsibilities among drivers, cyclists, pedestrians, traffic enforcers and street designers, all of whom must change behaviors and attitudes.
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$100 million partnership in brain health and aging innovation Baycrest Health Sciences will lead a new Canadian venture aimed at optimizing the cognitive, emotional and physical well-being of older adults—across the country and around the globe. The Government of Canada 2015 Budget announcement included a federal investment of $42 million over five years for the creation of the Canadian Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation (CC-ABHI). Combined with commitments from the Baycrest Foundation and 40 leading industry, academic, public sector and not-for-profit partners, this brings the total investment in CC-ABHI to $100 million. CC-ABHI will become a national hub and network dedicated to the development, validation, commercialization, dissemination and...
Longer Looks: The Last Day Of Life; Asking For Organs; Giving Bad News SOURCE: Kaiser Health News » Aging – Read entire story here....
What if Sydney University’s complementary medicine research shows it’s useless? The Faculty would do well to appoint an external audit committee. kubais/ShutterstockThe Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney has just announced A$1.3 of funding from Blackmores, the complementary medicine manufacturer, for a Chair in Integrative Medicine (a blending of evidence-based conventional and complementary medicine). It will be named after the company’s owner, Maurice Blackmore. The Dean of the Faculty, Bruce Robinson, has given a coherent and persuasive account of why research in this area is of importance to modern medical practice. Nearly a quarter of Australians with chronic health problems use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and the...
To Log or Not to Log Blood Sugars? One of the 64-million-dollar questions in the diabetes world is why more of us don't do a better job tracking our blood sugars.I know that's been a key question in my 28 years of living with type 1.Fitting with the behavioral change theme of this ......
Are you (or your parents) Ready for a Continuing Care Retirement Community? Making sense of continuing care retirement community The post Are you (or your parents) Ready for a Continuing Care Retirement Community? appeared first on Healthy Aging ®....