Civil engineers at the University of Washington and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Seattle office have taken a first look at how dams in the Columbia River basin, the nation's largest hydropower system, could be managed for a different say a new

Simply getting older is not the cause of mild memory lapses often called senior moments, says a new study by researchers at the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, in Chicago. The study, published in the Sept. 15 online issue of Neurology, the of a

"Retire rich." Those words entice us from magazine covers in the supermarket line, infomercials on late-night TV, pop-up ads online, and flyers distributed by investment firms.Often accompanied by photos of happy folks on lawn chairs, yachts, or

Neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center, in Chicago, claim to have found a "therapeutic target" that potentially could lead to a new way to prevent the progression of Alzheimer's disease.The target, called neutral (N-SMase), a

Cherrywood Place Retirement & Assisted Living, a 47-unit senior-living facility on Spokane's North Side, is planning a $404,000 remodel, says Mike Sutton, the maintenance director there.The project involves installing roll-in showers and and and

Home-based exercises followed by voluntary home training seem to be associated with long-term effects on balance and gait, or manner of walking, and may help protect high-risk, elderly women from hip fractures, says a report in the September issue

The Spokane-area chapter of an organization named Senior Circle, which promotes healthy lifestyles for those 50 and older, has grown to 500 members since being founded in July 2009, and the woman who founded the chapter says she believes it has the

Personalized postcards or phone calls can be effective in encouraging more seniors to get their annual flu shots, a new review of evidence suggests. Professional facilitators also are successful at urging providers to perform a suite of preventive