Very sadly Australia has lost one a legend of Australia’s golden era of night time variety television - Don Lane has died at the age of 75. Along with Bert Newton Don created many moments of television history and just sheer bloody great entertainment. Night time television has never been the same since his show went off the air back in 1983 – countless Australian’s will remember sitting down on Thursday nights to watch his show and the stream of international artists who appeared.

Finding out that a loved one is experiencing the early stages of Alzheimer’s and dementia is hard to bear, but there are a number of resources available to make looking after that family member more productive. Your family member might still choose to be as independent as possible, and you’ll need to find facilities that will give you what you need to help them thrive. Here are some important facts about their problem to help you decide if you need to find additional treatment.

If you were a Mongolian, from Mongolia, would being a Mongoloid be a problem? If you were a Thai, would it be possible to be diagnosed as having Alzheimers, or Autism, or does it fit in the same pigeonhole?

The holiday films contained in this festive double-feature are appropriate for the entire family.NOEL: A first-rate cast comes together for this collection of intertwining tales about lonely New Yorkers reaching out to each other on Christmas Eve. Susan Sarandon plays Rose a widowed editor who spends way too much time at the hospital bed of her Alzheimers-stricken mother. Robin Williams is the mysterious fellow who later prevents her from possibly jumping into the East River.

Doctors warn against over-the-counter fertility tests – The Guardian 20th October 2009 “Women should not rely on fertility tests from high street chemists to decide how long they can wait before starting a family, doctors warned yesterday. Several tests that predict how many eggs a woman has left are available over the counter, but doctors said they can give women false hope about their chances of conceiving in the future.” tags : Human Fertility , IHN , Diagnosis , Self Care , Health