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Twenty percent of all federal Medicare fraud prosecutions are filed in South Florida, U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey said on Wednesday, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports (South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 5/29). U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta and the

Summaries appear below of recent news about children's health coverage in Arkansas and New Jersey.Arkansas: The Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families last week announced plans to launch a statewide three-year effort to increase enrollment in ARKids First by about 22,000 children, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports.

SeaSide Village, theFlorida Panhandle's new coastal living community with affordably-priced, green-certified homes, is pleased to announce its two-day Grand Opening Celebration kicking off this weekend, Saturday May 31st through Sunday June 1st from 11 a

Turn to NBC 10 Thursday, June 5th, 7-8PM, as NBC 10 Presents: "A More Senior-Friendly Philadelphia," a program that focuses on the needs of Senior Citizens in our community. NBC 10 News and the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging collaborated on

Entries open for AARP/Borders essay competition, "Your Next Chapter"

In Germany alone, about three million - mostly elderly - patients suffer from poorly healing large-area wounds caused by complaints such as diabetes, burns or bedsores. The wounds can be treated with conventional collagen dressings or polylactic acid dressings, but the success rate is not as good as it should be. A new type of dressing made of silica gel fibers, developed by scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC in Würzburg, shall solve the problem.

One of the features of aging is memory loss, which can have devastating effects on the quality of life among older people. In a new study, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found evidence that elderly people in the U.S. who have an active social life may have a slower rate of memory decline. The study appears in the July 2008 issue of the American Journal of Public Health and appears in an advance online edition on May 29, 2008.

By studying heat-loving microbes, two research teams have gained new insight into how seemingly small differences in a single protein involved in DNA transcription and repair can lead to strikingly different genetic disorders in humans.

WHAT:Brain function and health will be the focus of the Staying Sharp session on June 3 at Grace Inn in Phoenix. Part of a highly recognized series, the program will emphasize successful aging, including how to deal with the booming aging industry; factors that predict future cognitive function; and the importance of clinical trials and how to participate in them. Following the event, panel member Marwan N.

The protein XPD is one component of an essential repair mechanism that maintains the integrity of DNA. XPD is unique, however, in that pinpoint mutations of this single protein are responsible for three different human diseases: in xeroderma pigmentosum, extreme sensitivity to sunlight promotes cancer; Cockayne syndrome involves stunted growth and premature aging; trichothiodystrophy, characterized by brittle hair and scaly skin, is another form of greatly accelerated aging.