World News For The Growing Community

There is a tidal wave of aging population that is flooding many countries, including China, Japan, U.K., USA and India. More and more middle-aged men and women are joining the crowded world of the retired, causing economic burden on nations which have social welfare as state responsibility.

Millions exposed to information technology, Internet, world wide web and social networking in the last decade have joined the masses who retired from full time commercial activity in recent years.

This class seeks to keep abreast on everyday happenings in the seniors world. It trawls the net for everyday updates on hundreds of topics that affect the life of the aged: retirement benefits, investment avenues, economic policies that affect their future, health issues, social problems like elder abuse and serious crimes against the elderly.

This segment enjoys learning about senior celebrities, their achievements and first-hand accounts of sheer grit and endeavour that bring them recognition in late life.

In this background, a Mumbai, India-based reporter-editor-publisher who opted to retire from commercial communications in the year 2001 on reaching the age of 65, began looking closely at issues influencing life of seniors and examining areas where he could use his knowledge, skills and experience to pay back to society for opportunities he had had in his own life.

Four years after suspending profit-oriented journalistic activities and frequent free-wheeling among the elderly, he zeroed in on idea of a journal that would target to become a single-point source of news and features covering seniors everywhere.

With no funds to invest in a fresh venture, this man began by browsing the internet for news reports and features on seniors. In the year 2005 he began uploading every bit he was collecting on a no-cost, no fees site offered by Google to bloggers, Blogspot.

SENIORS WORLD CHRONICLE thus became his post-retirement activity.

SENIORS WORLD CHRONICLE is a daily digest of published reports on all topics relevant to Seniors. The purpose is to chronicle for a wider readership by seniors and make news and features available to everyone interested in the Seniors World. It is a free-access, no registration required site.

All news and features remain copyright material of original newspapers and organizations which first published the news or features. Each story is credited, and in many cases, a ready link is provided on SENIORS WORLD CHRONICLE to the source of the news or feature. By end of 2007, SENIORS WORLD CHRONICLE had already published some 2300 reports.

SENIORS WORLD CHRONICLE is hosted by blogspot.com and the address is:
http://seniors-world-chronicle.blogspot.com/

However, it is not a blog in the normal sense of the word. It does not seek or publish readers comments, it has no editorials by the editor. It is a digest of material already published. Authenticity of origin is provided with mention of the source, and when possible, a link to the
origin of the news or feature.

The idea behind using blogspot.com is simple: Wide exposure, no website hosting costs and retaining the not-for-profit nature of the venture.

SENIORS WORLD CHRONICLE fiercely adheres to its raison d'etre as a service-oriented activity and that would remain intact, Ravissant asserted in Mumbai on January 10, 2008.

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Ravissant
Editor SENIORS WORLD CHRONICLE
http://seniors-world-chronicle.blogspot.com/
E-mail: ravissanta@gmail.com

Do You Think Your Child Fulfilling His or Her Potential?

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Biographical Summary for Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D.
Dr. Brown is a clinical psychologist who received his Ph.D. from Yale University and maintains a private practice in Hamden, CT. specializing in assessment and treatment of high-IQ children, adolescents and adults with ADD and related problems. He is an Asst. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine and is Associate Director of the Yale Clinic for Attention and Related Disorders.

Dr. Brown has presented papers, workshops and symposia at nationalmeetings of the American Academy of Pediatrics, AmericanPsychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, AmericanAcademy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, National Association ofSchool Psychologists, American College of Nurse Practitioners,International Neuropsychological Society, the National AttentionDeficit Disorder Association and CHADD (Children and Adults withADHD). In response to invitations, Dr. Brown has given lectures, workshopsor grand rounds at hospitals, medical schools, colleges anduniversities, independent schools, public school systems, and atadvocacy, business and professional groups throughout the UnitedStates. He has also presented workshops at international meetings ofprofessionals in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada,China, Costa Rica, Denmark, England, Finland, Germany, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Venezuela. For his research and teaching about ADHD Dr. Brown received an awardof honor by the National Attention Deficit Disorder Assn. He has beeninducted into the CHADD Hall of Fame for outstanding contributions toresearch and professional education about ADHD in children andadults. Dr. Brown's research interests and publications include assessmentand treatment of ADD, especially in persons with high IQ; executivefunction and memory impairments in ADD; overlap of ADD and learningdisorders, use of combined medications for ADD co morbidities, and problems of sleep and awakening in ADD. He has served on the Professional Advisory Board for national CHADD and for the National Attention Deficit Disorder Association. He haspublished articles in professional journals and is author of the Brown Attention Deficit Disorder Scales for Children, Adolescents and Adults published by PsychCorp. He is editor of "Attention Deficit Disorders and Co morbidities in Children", Adolescents and Adults, amajor text and reference work published by American Psychiatric Pressand also published by Masson in Spanish as Transtornos por deficit deatencion y comorbilidades en ninos, adolescents y adultos.His new book, Attention Deficit Disorder: The Unfocused Mind in Children and Adults was published by Yale University Press inSeptember, 2005.

What's on Your List for Santa?

The time of year has come for good girls and boys to break out the pen and paper to ask Santa for what we really want this year. Since Santa brings toys, not six-pack abs, it's a good way to list all the things you want to accomplish on your own. Here are mine:

"Dear Santa,
Sorry to hear that they're making you slim down in the UK, I'll be sure to leave you some water and fruits this year. Moving on . . . This year I have been really, really good. I've practiced my gymnastic about three times every week and I've really been trying to eat healthy, overlooking the weekends, of course. This year I really want to loose 6 kg. I am also hoping you could bring me some willpower to stop at just one slice of cake a week. Finally, what I really want is a workout buddy. I am not sure how you'll stuff him in the bag, but this would make me really happy.
Love, Fit Chron Editor "

Share your letters to Santa for what you want, health and fitness wise, this year for Christmas in the comments section below.

I need advise

Dear Friends,

I am a stressed mother. I have a child who is like wild animal! I know I should not say this about my son but he is driving me mad. He is only 8 years old but will argue about anything that I ask him to do. His first reaction to any request is a loud Why and then he will either refuse to do it, argue as to why he should not do it or finally just walk away. The request may be a simple one like go take a bath or do your homework or even come eat your lunch.

Please help with advise............

Singhania Clinic

Hello Parents,
When it comes to protecting your child nothing is more important. Their health, welfare and happiness are all crucial especially in those developing years.
But what happens when things go wrong? The first signs are not so obvious. He or she may have trouble sleeping; there could be a decline in performance at school; they
may become disruptive, irritable or overactive. There could be the trauma of moving and the associated upheavals.

Dr. Rajeshree Udani Singhania a Pediatrician with a DCH, M.D. (Bombay) Ph.D.(LONDON) in Pediatric Neuro Developmental Medicin from Great Ormond Street, UK and MEd in Autism from Birmingham University,UK, has been practicing in Dubai since 1996 and will help you child.
Call her at 04 429 8498 or email at singhaniaclinic@gmail.com

Letters from Readers: * Womanhood *

"I know what Victoria's Secret is. The secret is that nobody older than 30 can fit into their stuff.

The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight because by then, your body and your fat are really good friends.

Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today!

Sometimes I think I understand everything, then I regain consciousness.......

I gave up jogging for my health when my thighs kept rubbing together and setting my pantyhose on fire.

Amazing! You hang something in your closet for a while and it shrinks two sizes!

Skinny people irritate me! Especially when they say things like, "You know, sometimes I just forget to eat."
Now I've forgotten my address, my mother's maiden name, and my keys. But I've never forgotten to eat. You have to be a special kind of stupid to forget to eat.

A friend of mine confused her Valium with her birth control pills. She had 14 kids, but she doesn't really care..............

I read this article that said the typical symptoms of stress are: eating too!

Much, impulse buying, and driving too fast. Are they kidding? That is my idea of a perfect day.

Celebrate Womanhood! Share this with all of those amazingly brilliant and tremendously talented women who are intelligent enough to call YOU their friend !!!"