The Missouri University of Science and Technology is a famous university in Rolla, about 100 miles outside St. Louis. But for some reason, according to a local TV station, international telephone scammers are also interested in Rolla. They aren’t trying to enroll in the school, but instead to steal money from Rolla’s seniors. A detective […]
For the first time in history, a B.C. Court has considered the part of the Wills, Estates and Succession Act designed to “cure” a deficiency in the Testamentary documents of a deceased person. One of the reasons that the government changed our centuries-old law in this area is to enable the expression of a person’s […]
A Jacksonville, Florida TV news station published a most interesting article recently about the hospitalization of seniors. The station cited a recent nursing study, which found that the rate of hospitalization of seniors spikes in winter. Reasons given include the prevalence of flu and other respiratory infections at this time of year. The study added […]
Back in 1967, the American scientists Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe created the Social Readjustment Rating Scale. Following a survey of 5,000 medical patients, the scientists ranked the level of stress caused by different life events. The top source of stress, they concluded, was the loss of a spouse. Last year, Harvard Health Publications published […]