Rather than improving motorist safety, red-light cameras significantly increase crashes and are a ticket to higher auto insurance premiums, researchers at the University of South Florida College of Public Health conclude.

If you are elderly and live in California, how poor do you have to be to become eligible for public assistance?

In honor of the contributions of the older workforce, the Michigan Office of Services to the Aging (OSA) encourages employers to observe 2007 National Employ Older Workers Week, September 23 to 29.

Scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have good news for people who want to stay strong in their old age: older bodies are just as good as young ones at turning protein-rich food into muscle.

Seventeen top Information and Communication Technology companies and research groups take part in this pioneering initiative, considered "a breakthrough" in the field of remote assistance. AmIVital is the second economic project in the history of the University of Granada (Universidad de Granada), which has contributed more than 850,000 euros to this project's more than 20 million budget.

Telecommunications engineer at the Public University of Navarre, Alejandro Fanjul Fernández, has designed a pioneering system of telemedicine for interactive digital television. This system enables the monitoring and treatment of and support for both patients and elderly people, from the comfort and convenience of their homes, by means of the television.