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Caregivers cope with stress, mixed emotions about aging parents

It’s the little things that keep Betty Seckinger going when her day-to-day responsibilities caring for her 84-year-old mother-in-law, overseeing her 86-year-old mother and babysitting grandkids get to be a bit much.
To Seckinger of Winter Haven, Fla., once- or twice-a-year gambling trips, travels with her husband, Ralph, and sometimes overindulging on food are stress relievers […]

Many worry about being able to care for relatives in the future

Forty-one percent of baby boomers who have a living parent are helping care for them Д with personal aid, financial help or both, according to a USA TODAY/ABC News/Gallup Poll of 689 baby boomers.
Of the 59% who aren’t helping now, nearly half worry about their ability to do so in the future.
COMPLETE RESULTS: […]

‘Plants For The Future’ Invites Europe To Reap Fruits Of Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy

The EU-backed ‘Plants for the Future’ Technology Platform officially released its full and final Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) at a lunch hosted by MEPs Giles Chichester and John Purvis in the European Parliament in Brussels. The document backed by scientists, farmers and industry and other public and private stakeholders signposts a route for Europe to […]

Becoming ‘parent of your parent’ an emotionally wrenching process

First you get phone calls that seem kind of strange. Mom is quitting her bridge club because “they think I’m stealing from them.”
A week later, she mentions an old boyfriend from the war who’s coming to take her to dinner. You think, OK, it could be true.
Then the police call from her house. […]

Protein C Levels Help Predict Risk Of Death In ICU Patients

A simple laboratory test to measure protein C a natural anti-blood-clotting substance that also reflects the level of inflammation in the body may offer a useful new indicator of the severity of illness and risk of death among critically ill patients.
The July issue of the journal Anesthesiology features the new study by Dr. Frank Brunkhorst […]