For some older adults, getting around in the community becomes difficult with age owing to decline in their physical or cognitive health, which impacts their quality of life and also becomes a social burden. Researchers from ...
Jan 17, 2023
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Being affected by several cardiometabolic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and stroke, is linked to a greatly increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. A new twin study by researchers from Karolinska Institutet ...
Jan 12, 2023
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A new study conducted by UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers shows an alarming number of California women 65 and older are facing late-stage cervical cancer diagnoses and dying from the disease. This is despite ...
Jan 9, 2023
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Almost 400,000 Australians are living with dementia. A million or more family members and friends care for and support them. About two-thirds of people with dementia live in the community.
Dec 20, 2022
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Deakin University academics have developed a new approach to health and fitness that could revolutionize the way older Australians exercise and improve their sense of well-being.
Dec 19, 2022
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Older age is now the most common time to develop epilepsy in high-income settings, and an evidence review led by a Monash research team has highlighted that older adults are at risk of new-onset seizures due to age-related ...
Dec 15, 2022
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While many people are aware humans typically lose strength and mobility as they age, fewer realize this is not inevitable and can largely be prevented by diet and appropriate exercise.
Dec 13, 2022
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We often hear about "dementia breakthroughs" in the news—new genes being discovered, new blood tests being developed, new drugs being tested.
Dec 9, 2022
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Rates of type 2 diabetes in adolescents and young adults globally rose substantially from 1990 to 2019, finds an analysis of the latest data from over 200 countries and regions in The BMJ today.
Dec 7, 2022
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The success of longevity interventions is putting countries on paths to becoming aging societies, in which the number of individuals aged 65 and older is equal to the number of people aged 15 and younger. This outcome may ...
Dec 7, 2022
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