Statistics tell a sad tale of obesity in our boomers. Millions of baby boomers are racing toward senior status, and too many of them are obese. The implications are that a significant portion of baby boomers will become disabled and, worse, immobile in the future. [News Source]

Grass-fed beef, hold the chemicals. A company, New York Beef, markets its "natural, 100-percent grass-fed" beef as a step above competitors who use antibiotics and growth implants to grow bigger cattle faster. [News Source]

WTO talks flounder over U.S. meat exports. The failure of the talks between Russia and the U.S., which floundered on the seemingly minor issue of meat imports into Russia, strengthened the appearance of a growing rift between the United States and Russia as the two country's leaders struggled to find common ground following bilateral talks Saturday. [News Source]

£200m war on hospital ‘mad cow’ infection risk. The risk of the human form of mad cow disease spreading among hospital patients in Merseyside, England will be minimised by a new multi-million pound decontamination unit, health experts said last night. [News Source]

Alzheimer’s study raises hopes. Karen Hsiao Ashe, a University of Minnesota neurologist, conducted an experiment that turned out to be the first scientific evidence that memory loss could be reversed in an advanced stage of Alzheimer's disease. [News Source]