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Title: Diabetes Drugs and Heart Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 9/12/2007
Last Editorial Review: 9/12/2007

Title: Kids' High Blood Pressure on the Rise
Category: Health News
Created: 9/12/2007
Last Editorial Review: 9/12/2007

Help the Aged and Age Concern Northern Ireland have urged older people to get involved in the consultation for the NIO's Proposals for the Safety of Older People. The Charities are working with the NIO to facilitate four 'listening events' to ensure that the views of older people are given proper consideration during this process. The first event is happening on the 18 September 2007 at the Silver Birch Hotel, Omagh. [click link for full article]

Are you prepared for the demands of your aging parents, relatives and friends? Join experts from Rush University Medical Center for a free wellness program on planning for the future and an educational health fair for caregivers from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 29. This free event sponsored by Rush Generations and the Chicago Department on Aging will be held at the Searle Conference Center, located on the Rush campus, at 1725 W. Harrison St., Chicago. [click link for full article]

Falls are one of the most common problems among elderly patients and are associated with fractures, reduced mobility and hospital admissions, and also lead to a loss of independence and confidence.1 New data presented at the British Pharmaceutical Conference (BPC) in Manchester shows how a closer collaboration between pharmacy and physiotherapy may improve care for older people who fall. [click link for full article]

OTTAWA (CP) - Canada's aging population will have little impact on the cost of maintaining a viable national public health-care system over the next 40 years, says a new report.

KINSHASA, Congo (CP) - Congo's health minister called for more help Wednesday in combatting an outbreak of the Ebola virus, which has killed at least five people in the first major outbreak in 12 years. A team of experts from the U.S.

LONDON (AP) - Eating less meat could help slow global warming by reducing the number of livestock and thereby decreasing the amount of methane flatulence from the animals, scientists said Thursday.

EDMONTON (CP) - Imperial Tobacco Canada announced Wednesday it will test market a new type of smokeless tobacco in Canada called snus - and while the company is touting it as a safer alternative to cigarettes, it's been banned as a health risk in most of Europe.

ATLANTA (AP) - The life expectancy for Americans is nearly 78 years, the longest in U.S. history, according to new government figures from 2005 released Wednesday.