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Assistance League ofSouthern California will present the 3rd Annual Los Angeles Concours d'Elegance at the Rose Bowl and adjacent Brookside Golf Course on June 1, 2008, inPasadena, California.

"Mind games may improve our performance at work", reads the headline in The Times. The newspaper reports that a new study has shown that volunteers who took part in "rigorous exercises designed to tax their mental agility… stimulated problem-solving abilities in the brain that can be applied to a variety of circumstances.

Madame Tussauds Washington D.C. announced today that it will introduce a new value pricing structure that includes significant discounts for seniors and children ages 12 and under, as well as a special discount for residents ofWashington D.C.,Maryland an

An estimated 90,000 visitors stroll, amble, walk, dash, and sprint through Washington DC's Union Station every day. To help ensure that fewer visitors fall -- in the station and elsewhere -- the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and its Foundation for Health in Aging (FHA) will be offering free falls screening and falls prevention and other senior health information in the station's main hall May 2.

The cost of cancer care for elderly Medicare patients varies by tumor type, stage at diagnosis, phase of care, and survival, according to a new study published online April 29 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The 5-year cost is highest for patients with lung, colorectal, and prostate cancers. The estimated cost for 5 years of care for elderly Medicare patients diagnosed with cancer in 2004 is $21.1 billion.

Medicaid rule changes put in place by the Bush Administration will cost Texas more than $3.4 billion in federal funds over the next five years. The cut in federal funding will, in fact, act like a giant anti-stimulus package. Those lost Medicaid funds will eliminate an estimated 6,000 jobs and an accompanying $224.2 million in wages, and cost the state an estimated $635.8 million in lost business activity.

Local communities are in steady decline with new research showing one in four older people (25 per cent) think their community has changed for the worse in the last 10 years (1). The equivalent of nearly three million pensioners also said they are prevented from going out because there is nothing available in their local area.

In recognition of her tireless efforts to support the health, independence and well-being of older Americans, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) will present its inaugural "Congressional Leadership Award" to Senator Blanche L. Lincoln (D-AR) on May 1, during its Annual Scientific Meeting in Washington, DC. The meeting, which runs from April 30 through May 4, is the premier conference on aging research. Sen.

Recommendations on the new Medicare medical home demonstration project were submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) by the American Medical Association/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee, commonly known as the RUC. The RUC recommendations are specific to the development of the reporting mechanism and underlying data that CMS will use to determine payments in the medical home demonstration project.

Title: Study Gives the Skinny on 'Fit and Fat'
Category: Health News
Created: 4/30/2008
Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2008