Humanitarian Award for Probus Club Of Chennai
Are we any close to a cure for Parkinson’s?
There is an article in Wired about 23AndMe’s quest for Parkinson’s. 23AndMe, as you know is a company that is decoding the human genome in search for patterns to help us understand diseases.
Parkinson’s is an incurable neurodegenerative disease that
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Wheelchairs and air travel
I recently took my mother-in-law to Mumbai for a family wedding. While she can walk a bit, she finds standing for extended periods and walking long distances very painful, so I ordered wheelchair support for her at the time of …
Towards a strength-based approach to elderly care
A strength-based approach rather than a deficit-based approach towards ageing could well have an empowered senior citizen stepping into a journey of a “well-being” experience.
Strength is a capacity – a talent, ability, skills or multiple intelligences; whereas the deficits …
Understanding generic medicine
A gentleman I met recently thought that generic drugs were the same as spurious drugs. I was shocked and explained what generic drugs meant. Thought I should put down the explanation here for the benefit of others who may be …
‘Jashn’ – India’s largest senior citizen sports, cultural festival
India’s Largest Senior Citizen Sports and Cultural festival – JASHN 2016, will kick off on Saturday 15th – October in Lavasa with an underline theme of “High on Life”.
The two day event will witness participation of seniors from Ashiana’s …
Elders week: Chennai Metro falls flat on Accessibility
The first week of October is marked as Elders week and a lot of programs are conducted around the country to highlight the fact that there is an elderly segment of population still living in India.
Pensioners Associations, senior citizens …
Elders week – Accessibility still out of reach
India’s first accessibility audit failed to find a single public building or place that was completely accessible to people with disability!
That the first accessibility audit has been conducted decades after Independence is in itself a telling fact. However, even …
