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  • Mediterranean diet may help boost ageing brain power

    A Mediterranean diet with added extra virgin olive oil or mixed nuts seems to improve the brain power of older people better than advising them to follow a low-fat diet, according to a new research. The researchers from the University of Navarra in Spain base their findings on 522 men and women aged between 55 and 80 without cardiovascular disease but at high vascular risk because of underlying ...

  • Becks facing adjustment issues post-retirement

    Football ace David Beckham is facing difficulties coming to terms with his retirement from the sport. The former England captain who played his last game in Paris Saint-Germain's 3-1 win over Brest, will now take up other projects which might possibly include purchasing a U.S. Major League Soccer franchise, The Sun reports. Beckham said he will find it difficult after two months of rest to ...

  • Sleep apnea in seniors linked to Alzheimers

    A new NYU study looking at sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and markers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and neuroimaging has supported the growing body of research linking the two. But this latest study also poses an interesting question: Could AD in its "preclinical stages" also lead to SDB and explain the increased prevalence of SDB in the elderly? "It's really ...

  • For the elderly in US poetry blunts the pain of isolation

    A woman in her seventies takes the microphone to recite a short poem, which, she warned the men present, was on the hazards of flirting. "Cheda na karo ate jatein raston mein, pale pad gayi to mushkil hogi" (Do not flirt with every girl who crosses your path, if she falls for you, you will have a problem). It was a couplet which would have been greeted with cat calls and whistles among college ...

  • Quarter of Australian children aged 8-12 are underage Facebook users

    Australia A survey has found a quarter of Australian children aged between eight and 12 use Facebook, despite the minimum age for a user being 13.Tech company MacAfee surveyed 500 tweens - children aged between eight and 12 - and found more than two-thirds are on Facebook. The survey discovered that children found ways to get around the age restrictions, but in most cases they were given ...


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The Simpsons Movie

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After 18 years on the small screen, confined within the parameters of the squarish 4:3 aspect ratio and restricted to 22 minutes of narrative development, there is something just slightly wrong about seeing The Simpsons on the big screen (in the 'Scope aspect ratio, no less). There is ... ...

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  • Rafsanjani may be out of Irans elections as Guardian Council vets older candidates

    Rafsanjani, who is seen by many as too old to run Iran yet again. AFP Photo The overseers of the upcoming Iranian election have said that they will ban those who are "physically weak" from running, which is a former Iranian president. "A person who is able to work only a few hours a day can't be approved," Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, spokesman of the Guardian Council said on ...

  • Ferguson bags trophy for retirement

    London - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson capped his final season in charge of the English Premier League champions by clinching the League Managers' Association Manager of the Year award for the fourth time on ...

  • Former Olympic champion Maggi ponders retirement

    Brazil's former Olympic long jump champion Maurren Maggi has conceded her dream of competing at the Rio 2016 Games could be over after failing to qualify for this year's World Championships in Moscow.The 36-year-old managed a best jump of just 5.92 meters to finish in last place during her final World Championship qualifying event in Sao Paulo on Sunday.She blamed a lack of support and ...

  • Mayor Mandel expected to announce retirement on Tuesday

    It's mission accomplished for Mayor Stephen Mandel, Edmonton's strategist and rainmaker, critic and champion. Having led a historic transformation of Edmonton, Mandel will hold a news conference on Tuesday where he is expected to announce his retirement from politics.Even those who have pushed hardest for Mandel to run for a fourth term as mayor, such as Coun. Kim Krushell, don't ...

  • U.S. to suspend pension health investments Lew

    LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Treasury Secretary Jack Lew told Congressional leaders Monday that due to the debt limit, he will suspend debt issuance for the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund and Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund until August. The move won't affect funds needed to pay current beneficiaries, he said. In a letter, Lew said that the move was in line with ...

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