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Pope Francis, Battling Ill-Health, Begins Historic Asian Odyssey

NEWSWEEK – Pope Francis arrived in Indonesia on Tuesday at the start of a tour of Asia. After an overnight flight from Rome, the Pope was wheeled off the plane in his wheelchair in Jakarta. Indonesia is the first stop on a grueling tour for the 87-year-old that will also take him to Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore. The Pope hopes to promote interfaith harmony between Catholics and Muslims in the country. There have been growing...

96-year-old California woman facing eviction from seniors home unless she coughs up $110K

Pacific Senior Living, the San Diego-based parent company of Pacific Grove Senior Living, served the 96-year-old with the eviction notice on Aug. 16, saying she had three days to send them $110,000 or face eviction.

Untreated high blood pressure linked to Alzheimer’s risk

Untreated high blood pressure may significantly raise your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests.

What It Takes to Live Past 110

THE NEW YORK TIMES – One of the oldest men in the world died in August at the age of 111. The man, John Farringdon, was born about a year after the Titanic sank. Mr. Farringdon was one of very few people to have lived long enough to see the world evolve for over a century. And so have a handful of women who have died in recent years. Kane Tanaka survived two world wars, the 1918...

To Live Longer, Get to Know Your Toes

The study is believed to be the first to assess the association between levels of body flexibility and mortality.

A new Alzheimer’s study suggests where you live can affect the odds of a diagnosis

Researchers found that the odds of getting a formal dementia diagnosis in the U.S. differed based on location.

Study raises hopes that shingles vaccine may delay onset of dementia

“This is a significant result, comparable in effectiveness to the recent antibody drugs for Alzheimer’s disease. Administering the recombinant shingles vaccine could well be a simple and cheap way to lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease."

Cholesterol 101 — What Your Levels Mean

WEBMD – We may associate cholesterol with fatty foods, but most of the waxy substance is made by our own bodies. The liver produces 75% of the cholesterol that circulates in our blood. The other 25% comes from food. At normal levels, cholesterol actually plays an important role in helping cells do their jobs. But cholesterol levels are precariously high in nearly 94 million Americans. Symptoms of High Cholesterol High cholesterol does not cause any symptoms. But it...

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