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Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers (AP)
AP - More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.
DC pushes female condoms to fight HIV epidemic (AP)
AP - Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, "Come check out my table. Don't be scared."
NYC looks to stop spreading bedbug infestations (AP)
AP - One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan to fight the spreading infestation, including a public-awareness campaign and a top entomologist to head the effort.
New program rebuilding faces of soldiers, veterans (AP)
AP - Master Sgt. Todd Nelson lost his right eye and ear in a flash when a car bomb in Afghanistan exploded, sending fire up his arm and over his head.
Tests aim to settle if fresher blood works better (AP)
AP - Facing surgery? You could receive blood that's been stored for a week, or three weeks, or nearly six — and there's growing concern that people who get the older blood might not fare as well.
Japanese women extend life expectancy to new high (AP)
AP - Japanese women are expected to live almost 86 1/2 years, topping the world longevity ratings for the 25th straight year, the government reported Monday.
Alzheimer's disease: The best bets for prevention, so far

It's uncurable and will strike 1 in 8 of us. So do your part by eating the right kind of diet and keeping your body and brain engaged. The audience wasn't happy. Its members — private citizens, healthcare professionals and advocates for the elderly — had gathered to hear a report on how to prevent Alzheimer's; instead, they were told that, in fact, nothing has been proved to keep the disease at bay.

Resources for Alzheimer's patients and caregivers

For basic information on Alzheimer's disease, including the latest research developments, go to the website of the National Institute on Aging .

Studies target amyloid plaques and tau tangles

For a long time now, scientists studying treatments for Alzheimer's disease have focused on telltale plaques that appear in patients' diseased brains as a target for therapy. The plaques are clumps of a small protein called beta-amyloid that build up in the space around nerve cells and interfere with normal brain function. Thus, the thinking goes, if plaques can be prevented from forming or cleared with medicine, the disease could be slowed.

Alzheimer's Assn. Graduation Club copes together

The program allows diagnosed patients to socialize with others who understand. Leaning forward in his chair, Bob Patterson, 64, addresses a small group of his peers seated around a conference table. "You want to fill each day with something that's relevant," he says. "Live like it's the last day of your life, whether you have a disease or not."

Help for Alzheimer's caregivers

Government and private organizations can aid those taking care of a loved one or seeking a facility. If you're caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's, you're in plenty of company. Nearly 11 million people take care of the 5.3 million Americans with the disease, a number that's expected to grow to almost 16 million by 2050, according to the Alzheimer's Assn.

Company raises money for arthritis

Resurgens Orthopaedics will donate $25,122 to the Arthritis Foundation. The company recently raised $12,561 for the foundation at Atlanta?s Arthritis Walk.

Cherokee man with ALS wants to die by donating organs

As Garry Phebus sees it, he?s going to suffer a lot and then die within the next few years, so why not donate his organs -- heart, lungs, liver -- now, while he's alive.

Georgia still failing its kids, says report

Georgia once again stands among the 10 worst states for the care of its children, and some worry that the state has become complacent about its poor performance in such areas as infant mortality, child deaths and low birth-weight babies.

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