A study published in Nutrients has found that a higher intake of ultra-processed foods (UPF) was not associated with the development of frailty among middle-aged and older adults. However, UPF consumption was associated with ...
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It is often said that exercise is the best medicine, but for many older adults, it can be a prescription that is increasingly difficult to take. Age-related physical and mental health challenges frequently make regular activity ...
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The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), in collaboration with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Post-Acute ...
Oct 29, 2025
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A new doctoral thesis recently published by Giorgi Beridze at Karolinska Institutet sheds light on the relationship between multimorbidity and kidney health in older adults. The research explores how kidney function is ascertained ...
Oct 28, 2025
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Millions of older Americans suffering from insomnia regularly use prescription sleep medications, despite the risk of serious side effects—such as falls, broken bones, cognitive impairment and dependence—and warnings from ...
Oct 28, 2025
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Frailty threatens older individuals because it increases their vulnerability to detrimental health outcomes, such as falling, longer hospitalization, or even shortened life expectancy. New research exploring the linkage between ...
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Frailty is closely linked to adverse outcomes in older adults, particularly those with heart failure. Numerous epidemiologic studies show that frailty has important prognostic value in this population, underscoring the need ...
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Hearing loss among older adults remains vastly undertreated. Federal epidemiologists have estimated that it affects about one in five people ages 65 to 74 and more than half of those over 75.
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Sleep problems affect more than one in five residents in long-term care facilities, with pain, daytime napping and certain medications emerging as key contributors.
Oct 28, 2025
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Migrants from low-income countries living in care settings in Sweden were more likely to die from COVID-19 than people born in the country during the first year of the pandemic, according to a new study by researchers from ...
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