The ambulance service response to emergency calls for elderly falls patients varies widely across the UK, reveals research published online in Emergency Medicine Journal.
Mar 27, 2012
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A Utah resident infected with the Zika virus has died, becoming the first Zika-related fatality in the continental United States, officials said Friday.
Jul 8, 2016
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The blood of young and old people differs. In an article published recently in the scientific journal Blood, a research group at Lund University in Sweden explain how they have succeeded in rejuvenating the blood of mice ...
Mar 25, 2013
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A Japanese city has introduced a novel way to keep track of senior citizens with dementia who are prone to getting lost—tagging their fingers and toes with scan-able barcodes.
Dec 8, 2016
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Loneliness often comes with old age. Making new contacts and cultivating old friendships is not always easy for many elderly persons. At the same time, many elderly persons are increasingly losing their shyness of computers. ...
May 31, 2013
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There are calls for the frail and elderly not be be overlooked for vaccines against pneumonia this winter, with UNSW research challenging conventional wisdom on immunisation effectiveness in older patients.
Apr 24, 2014
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The pandemic has infiltrated long-term care facilities, infecting staff and residents alike and resulting in scores of deaths. Now one U of T Mississauga sociologist is sounding the alarm for a hidden population that is also ...
May 6, 2020
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Focused, well-funded research on elder abuse prevention is urgently needed given the lack of high-quality research in this area and the ageing of the population, says QUT Professor of Public Health Philip Baker who conducted ...
Aug 16, 2016
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France's Sister Andre, believed to have become the oldest person alive this week at the age of 118, said Tuesday she would now like to beat the record of oldest person ever and that work and caring for others had long kept ...
Apr 26, 2022
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Researchers from UPM have used new technologies of mobile network operators to locate and send alerts when an elderly person with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) suffers from episodes of spatial disorientation.
Apr 22, 2015
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