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Socially engaged older women more likely to be emotionally abused or mistreated
For older adults, participating in social activities can protect against physical and mental signs of aging, but it may also pose risks, especially for women.
Jun 10, 2021
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To improve health, quality of life for long-term care residents: Sit less, move more
Sitting around is a known risk factor for disease and disability. Yet, when older adults start to lose independence—becoming less functional physically or showing signs of cognitive impairment—they move into residences ...
Jun 09, 2021
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New analysis examines survival of older patients who undergo heart transplantation
Advanced age is often considered a contraindication for heart transplantation, but a new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) found that post-heart transplant survival among recipients ...
Jun 09, 2021
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Preclinical study suggests new approach to reduce COVID-19 death among the elderly
New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School and colleagues at the Mayo Clinic reveals a possible new approach to preventing death and severe disease in elderly people infected with SARS-CoV-2.
Jun 08, 2021
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People with HIV are at higher risk of ageing-related genetic changes
We don't know enough about biological processes in people who are aging with HIV—a new study sheds light on the matter.
Jun 08, 2021
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Study links blood cell mutations to increased infection risk with age
New research suggests age-related changes in blood cell chromosomes are a marker of impaired immunity.
Jun 08, 2021
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To prevent delirium, increase mobility, connection and sleep
Accelerated cognitive decline in patients with and without existing dementia is one of the most disturbing outcomes of hospitalizations for older adults, affecting at least 2.6 million Americans every year.
Jun 08, 2021
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Understanding the hidden causes of delays in discharging frail older people from hospital
Delays in discharging older people living with frailty from hospital are caused by a complex range of factors, but a key factor is how medical and social information about patients becomes fragmented during their stay. This ...
Jun 08, 2021
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Osteoporosis detection by a simple physical function test
Osteoporosis is a condition that does not exhibit symptoms until there is a bone fracture, so a large percentage of patients remain unaware of their condition. When people are unaware their bones have weakened, the condition ...
Jun 08, 2021
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Football and team handball training may increase health span and lifespan
In the quest for healthy aging and longer lifespan, Danish researchers at the University of Southern Denmark have collaborated with Swedish researchers at Karolinska Institutet to explore the anti-aging effects of football ...
Jun 07, 2021
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Older Chinese Americans can improve family relationships, cognition through acculturation
Older Chinese immigrants who adjust to their new cultural environment by learning the language, following the country's media and socializing with local residents can reduce acculturation gap with their adult children and ...
Jun 07, 2021
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Risk factors for depression are less decisive in old age
Risk factors for cardiovascular diseases like smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes also increase the likelihood of suffering from depressive mood or depression. Until now, however, it was unclear whether this influence ...
Jun 07, 2021
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Fragility fractures cost European health care systems €56.9 billion annually
A new report by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) draws attention to the burden of osteoporosis and the gaps and inequalities in the provision of primary and secondary prevention of fractures due to osteoporosis ...
Jun 07, 2021
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Study: Sudden hearing loss not associated with COVID-19 vaccination
In a new study, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have tried to address recent reports that sudden sensorineural hearing loss—a condition that occurs as a result of damage to the inner ear—has been suspected of being ...
Jun 04, 2021
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Study finds age doesn't affect perception of 'speech-to-song illusion'
A strange thing sometimes happens when we listen to a spoken phrase again and again: It begins to sound like a song.
Jun 03, 2021
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COVID-19 is more dangerous for older people. But what about locking down alone?
At the beginning of the pandemic, when the Turkish government imposed strict stay-at-home orders for all residents 65 and older, Bilge Erten's 70-year-old father began what felt to him like an endless house arrest. Under ...
Jun 03, 2021
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Wearable accelerometer and vibrator 'thimble' could reduce falls amongst seniors
Japanese researchers have developed and tested a prototype device—wearable on the fingertips—that incorporates the concept of 'light touch' to enhance the sense of balance. If widely implemented, the device should significantly ...
Jun 03, 2021
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Adults with cognitive impairment who use pain medication have higher falls risk
Older adults with cognitive impairment are two to three times more likely to fall compared with those without cognitive impairment. What's more, the increasing use of pain medications for chronic pain by older adults adds ...
Jun 02, 2021
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