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US. Virgin Islands 2010 Elections

By: DISABILITY RIGHTS CENTER OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

The Disability Rights Center of the Virgin Islands has been instrumental in insuring by way of surveys that all polling places in the Virgin Islands are accessible for people with disabilities.

Cuts in Home Care Put Elderly and Disabled at Risk

New York Times - 07/20/2010 - By: JOHN LELAND

As states face severe budget shortfalls, many have cut home-care services for the elderly or the disabled, programs that have been shown to save states money in the long run because they keep people out of nursing homes.

What Do You Lack? Probably Vitamin D

Vitamin D promises to be the most talked-about and written-about supplement of the decade. While studies continue to refine optimal blood levels and recommended dietary amounts, the fact remains that a huge part of the population — from robust newborns to the frail elderly, and many others in between — are deficient in this essential nutrien

Technologies Help Adult Children Monitor Aging Parents
New York Times - 07/28/2010 - By: HILARY STOUT

In the general scheme of life, parents are the ones who keep tabs on the children. But now, a raft of new technology is making it possible for adult children to monitor to a stunningly precise degree the daily movements and habits of their aging parents.

Kitchen land mines: 10 foods to avoid
Mayo Clinic - 07/15/2010 - By: Jennifer Nelson, M.S., R.D. and Katherine Zeratsky, R.D.

The news is awash with lists of restaurant items that are extremely high in calories, fat, sugar and salt. But what about the contents of your own cupboards and refrigerator? Do they hold land mines — foods that can blow up your healthy eating plan?...read more...