The package looked like a bomb. Police say it was meth for a nursing home employee.
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 19, 2019
The wrapping on an package left at New Jersey’s Brakeley Park Center last month was suspicious enough to warrant a call to the state bomb squad. Turns out, the first call should have been to the local...
Carp and camaraderie: Fishing partnership reels in new friends
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 19, 2019
Three years into a program that pairs local sportsmen with a Pennsylvania nursing home, residents and staff have fallen hook, line and sinker for the carp and the camaraderie. When the fishermen first...
Also in the News for Monday, June 10
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 09, 2019
Opioids increase risk of pneumonia in Alzheimer’s patients … Newly discovered rapist kept working in skilled nursing for 17 years after his crime … New gene therapy shows promise for Parkinson’s...
Also in the News for Thursday, May 23
May 23, 2019
Aspirin OK for brain bleed stroke patients … After refusing hospital transfer, county nursing home is sued in death of Alzheimer’s patient … VA taps gene-editing tool CRISPR to create weapon that...
Gingivalis: Gumming up the mouth, brain
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Kimberly Marselas
May 01, 2019
The same bacteria that causes gum disease may contribute to the development of Alzheimer’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis and aspiration pneumonia.
Wound-healing cell may be cancer key
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 05, 2018
UCLA scientists have discovered a protein factor that helps a fibroblast cell’s ability to help in wound healing.
Study finds ‘rare’ instance when age helps wounds heal
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 02, 2018
A compound whose presence in the bloodstream decreases with age likely helps older people develop fewer scars. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine found that stromal...
Study uncovers deep effects of night shift work on body
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 08, 2018
Working a few night shifts is enough to change gene expression and dampen the body’s ability to fight off attacks, a new Canadian study reveals. Researchers at McGill University simulated a night...
Researchers I.D. barriers to care as Alzheimer’s diagnoses in Latinos explode
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Kimberly Marselas
May 30, 2018
It’s no shock that Alzheimer’s diagnoses are expected to rocket upward over the coming decades — but researchers say one group will bear an unfair share of the burden and may be the least...
Nursing home resident attacks staff member with spray meant for aggressive bears
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 24, 2018
Officials say a resident at a New Hampshire nursing home sent an employee to the hospital by spraying her with a product usually reserved for combative bears.