Americans live longer but with disabilities or health issues, study shows
Americans are living longer but in poorer health, according to a new study.
Apr 15, 2016
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Americans are living longer but in poorer health, according to a new study.
Apr 15, 2016
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Recent years have seen an increase in those suffering from allergies, including baby boomers. And because older people tend to have additional chronic diseases, diagnosis and management of allergic rhinitis (hay fever) can ...
Feb 9, 2016
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Placing someone in solitary confinement is usually seen as our most extreme forms of legally sanctioned punishment. And with good reason. Research suggests that loneliness can be as bad for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes ...
Nov 3, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Many American seniors seen at emergency departments overestimate their mobility, according to a recent study.
Aug 31, 2015
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It's long been said that you're as old as you feel. Now a group of researchers is looking at how the concept of "subjective" age might be used to manage the wellbeing of the baby boomer generation.
Aug 18, 2015
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An urban emergency department that set up a hepatitis C testing protocol saw high rates of infection among intravenous drug users and Baby Boomers, with three-quarters of those testing positive unaware they were infected. ...
Aug 6, 2015
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(HealthDay)—The number of people with Alzheimer's disease is set to increase significantly in the United States due to the aging of the baby-boom generation, and the cost of caring for these patients will use up a large ...
Jul 21, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Dr. Maria Torroella Carney grew increasingly distressed as she watched how emergency response teams had to help older, frail people who were living alone evacuate their homes in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in ...
May 19, 2015
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It was once thought that effects of a mild head injury—dizziness, headaches, memory problems—were only temporary, and the brain would heal over time. However, while the long-term consequences of head trauma are not fully ...
Apr 22, 2015
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(HealthDay)—The prevalence of unrecognized chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) is high among baby boomers presenting to the emergency department, according to a study published online Jan. 28 in Hepatology.
Mar 2, 2015
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