This study compared readmissions, survival, and mortality during a 12-month follow-up period of inpatient rehabilitation and home rehabilitation for older persons who had experienced a hip fracture.
Jul 7, 2023
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Matt Hancock, the former health secretary, has told the recently opened COVID-19 Inquiry that the UK's pandemic planning was "completely wrong." According to Hancock, the doctrine was "to plan for the consequences of a disaster" ...
Jul 3, 2023
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A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham has found that a brief, simulated task of navigating a phone menu can detect the earliest changes in daily functioning in people at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. ...
Jun 14, 2023
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A decline in functional mobility, loss of muscle strength and an increase in body fats are often associated with aging. This trend could potentially be reversed by way of an innovative magnetic muscle therapy pioneered by ...
May 23, 2023
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The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna continue to save lives. But a new paper published in the journal Vaccines provides evidence that the two vaccines are not equivalent when it comes to protecting older ...
May 12, 2023
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Molly was 88 years old and in good health. She had outlived two husbands, her siblings, most of her friends and her only son.
May 4, 2023
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A Yale School of Public Health study has found that older persons with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a common type of memory loss, were 30% more likely to regain normal cognition if they had taken in positive beliefs about ...
Apr 12, 2023
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Substance use problems, particularly alcohol problems, are "invisible epidemic" among older adults. In his thesis "Alcohol and aging: a multimethod study on heterogeneity and multidimensionality," Wossenseged Birhane Jemberie, ...
Mar 22, 2023
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In several poorer countries, aging populations and a lack of universal access to long-term care place the burden of care for older adults on their family. To mitigate this, researchers have successfully implemented a community-integrated ...
Feb 22, 2023
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We all know someone who insists on wearing a cardigan in summer or refuses to turn on the air conditioning because "it's not that hot." Chances are this is an older person, and there's a good reason for that.
Jan 25, 2023
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