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Social Security costs. For industries focused on late-life care and creating products that cater to the aging demographic; however, this population shift represents a major opportunity. Read the full article Walk to Remember? A National Academy of Sciences Study Says Yes February 13, 2011 - In healthy adults, the hippocampus — a part of the brain important to the formation of memories — begins to atrophy around 55 or 60 and even sooner to an even greater degree if one contracts Alzheimer’s. Now psychologists are suggesting that the hippocampus can be modestly expanded, and memory improved, by nothing more than regular walking. Read the full article GTX's New Patent...Smart Shoe Has Heart In Its Sole (GPS) Satnews Daily - February 09, 2011 - GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO) has a big heart that is manifested in their sole. GTX, known for customizable, 2-way GPS Personal Location Services (PLS) solutions, was granted its ninth patent for their innovative and potentially life saving GPS Smart Shoe technology. By the year 2050, there will be 16 million adults with Alzheimer’s in the U.S. alone. The multi patent GPS Smart Shoe™ will afford millions of caregivers the means to remotely monitor those afflicted with Alzheimer’s that become lost due to wondering. Read the full article GPS Shoes — Footsteps to the Future... World Market Media - Brittney Barrett - February 7, 2011 Every 70 seconds, someone in America develops Alzheimer’s, according to the Alzheimer’s Association 60% will wander away from their homes or care facilities at some point during their affliction with the disease. Worse, it’s even more difficult to find a missing senior citizen than a missing child, as fewer people will take note of older person walking alone than they would a small child. Read the full article GPS Tracking Technology — How it works HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018162