Word: bolognas
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Researchers from the University Hospital S. Orsola-Malpighi in Bologna analyzed the exercise habits of 749 rural Italians over age 65 during a period of four years. At the beginning of the study, none had memory problems; by the last check up, 85 participants had developed some form of dementia - including Alzheimer's and vascular dementia, which is associated with decreased blood flow to the brain...
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART OF ITALY? Because the Galleria Borghese is my favorite museum, I'd probably say I like Rome more than any other place. But Bologna is dazzling also. Plus those beautiful towns nearby: Modena, Ferrara and Parma...
...Cofferati's get-tough approach is coupled with a progressive policy toward legal immigrants. For its foreign residents, the city provides housing assistance, Italian-language courses, psychological counseling and walk-in help desks in native languages for bureaucratic questions. But the greatest boon to new arrivals is plentiful work - Bologna's 2.6% unemployment rate is among Italy's lowest...
...Moroccan immigrant Omar, 39, has worked steadily since arriving in Bologna three years ago. He's happy about that and relieved to have a place in a city-run hostel for single immigrant males, even though he'll have to find other quarters within a year. "This resolved a crisis for me," Omar says. "Life isn't easy for immigrants, but the city does help...
...Raymond Dassi, a Cameroonian who has lived in Bologna since 1996 and now heads its immigrant association, supports the mayor's tough line - but thinks his respect for law-abiding immigrants should go further, especially since Bologna needs foreign-born workers. "We are helping [Italians]. They can't see that," says Dassi, 35. "They need to democratize immigrants. They need to say, 'Let's see your ideas.'" Bologna's old and new residents are learning how to live together; next comes governing together...