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Son of slain 100-year-old woman: Mom was active
DARTMOUTH, Mass. - A 100-year-old woman found strangled in a nursing home with a plastic bag over her head loved living at the home, where she happily played bingo and doled out daily hugs to other residents, her son said Thursday.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-08
Nation's health spending rises, but not so much
WASHINGTON - Health care continued to take up a greater share of the economy in 2007, as spending on hospitals, doctors and other services increased 6.1 percent to $2.2 trillion.
Source:(AP)
2009-01-06
Sex no longer a taboo subject at nursing homes
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - When Kansas State University sent researchers into nursing homes to find out how the topic of sex was being addressed, they initially found silence.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-12-23
Nursing home industry worries about new ratings
WASHINGTON - Rating systems help people decide which restaurants to go to or hotels to stay at. So why not something similar from the federal government for the nation's 16,000 nursing homes?
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-12-22
Youthfulness an American obsession - at what cost?
LAS VEGAS - It's one of those photos that make you do a double-take. Dr. Jeffry Life stands in jeans, his shirt off. His face is that of a distinguished-looking grandpa; his head is balding, and what hair there is is white. But his 69-year-old body looks like it belongs to a muscle-bound 30-year-old.
Nations:U.S. Sweden
2008-12-07
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