Archive for January 2010

Delightful South County supper

Jan 25th, 2010 | By Webmaster | Category: Reports
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On Tuesday, January 19, 2010, our South County House held a Pot Luck Supper and their Annual Meeting at 6:00 PM at the Beechwood Community Center off Beach Street in Wickford.

It was a blustery night and we… » Continue reading



A better health search

Jan 18th, 2010 | By Webmaster | Category: News
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Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, recently released a new and improved health search. By summarizing the search results, adding highly relevant content from partners and highlighting key information, Bing hopes to provide a better… » Continue reading



Lumosity

Jan 15th, 2010 | By Webmaster | Category: News
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For those of you concerned with brain health, here is another site to check out. Lumosity.com offers some free and paid resources for people who want to keep their brain in good shape. In either case, the first week of premium membership is free, and does not require any credit card information or the likes, so… » Continue reading



Fight Alzheimer’s with phone calls

Jan 15th, 2010 | By Webmaster | Category: News
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It sounds incredible, but according to the Science blog Popsci.com, scientists have discovered evidence that  cell phone radiation may actually reverse Alzheimer’s, as well as boost memory!

The study, conducted… » Continue reading



Yes, I’m a senior citizen

Jan 2nd, 2010 | By Webmaster | Category: News

We got this little piece in our e-mail inbox the other day, and thought it was just a little funny, a little cute and a little true – at least the points we agree with. (There’s more after the “read more” link at the bottom.)

Senior citizens are constantly being criticized for every conceivable deficiency of the modern world, real or imaginary. We know we… » Continue reading