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Octogenarians are the fastest-growing age group in North America. The number 80 does not always reflect true age as elderly people have a range of mental and physical abilities that varies from robust to frail.

How does the Canadian public view our health care system? The Environics Institute recently addressed this question. The institute conducts public opinion surveys on important issues of public policy.

Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States, took his young cousin Margaret on a trip to South America in 1914. She died of typhoid fever. His sister-in-law died of diphtheria at home at the age of 28.

On Dec. 10, Health Sciences North will be introducing to the community its new Research Institute. Its mandate: to focus on finding advancements in the treatment of geriatric care, chronic and infectious diseases, and cancer.

In July 2012, the North East Local Health Integration Network (NE LHIN) requested a Peer Review of Health Sciences North (HSN).

In July 2012, the North East Local Health Integration Network (NE LHIN) requested a Peer Review of Health Sciences North (HSN).

Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania, voted to file for bankruptcy protection from its creditors in 2011. Debt had soared, burdening the city with annual interest costs that eventually exceeded its budget.

Until the end of the last Ice Age, all peoples, on all continents were still hunter-gatherers. Our ancestors have hunted and gathered for more than a million years.

On July 9, the North East LHIN appointed Mr. Martin, the CEO of Hamilton Health Sciences, to undertake a peer review of Health Sciences North.

I would like to pass on some good news. We can use some in troubled times. Longevity has been rising in Canada decade by decade: from age 60 in 1920 to 81 in the most recent census.