Psychology & Psychiatry
The middle aged are lonelier than older and younger people
Middle-aged people are lonelier than older adults and young people, new research suggests.
Aug 23, 2019
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News tagged with older people
Gerontology & Geriatrics
It's never too late to start moving, but science is finding you may not catch up to lifelong exercisers
Seventy-seven-year-old David Pallett, who began exercising seriously about four months ago, started a recent workout by donning a 15-pound vest and climbing 100 stairs—two at a time.
Sep 16, 2021
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Neuroscience
Work interruptions have a greater impact on older people
In everyday working life, people are often interrupted in their tasks. After the phone has rung, for example, it is difficult to concentrate on the original task again. The selection of working memory content is impaired ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cases of child RSV are swamping hospitals. What are the symptoms, treatments?
Pediatricians' offices, children's hospitals, urgent care centers and emergency rooms across the United States are being overwhelmed by an early, heavy surge of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) among infants and young children.
Oct 25, 2022
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Medications
Antipsychotic withdrawal—an unrecognized and misdiagnosed problem
It's not withdrawal, it's a relapse of your illness. This is what many people trying to stop their antipsychotic drugs are told when seeking support to get off the medication.
Jan 9, 2023
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Health
Low blood folate may be linked to heightened dementia and death risks in older people
Low levels of folate (vitamin B9) in the blood may be linked to a heightened risk of dementia and death from any cause in older people, suggests research published online in the journal Evidence Based Mental Health.
Mar 15, 2022
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Cardiology
No increase seen in CV events in elderly after BNT162b2 vaccination
(HealthDay)—In the 14 days following each of the two doses of BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine, there was no increase in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction, stroke, or pulmonary embolism among individuals aged 75 years or ...
Dec 10, 2021
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Immunology
New COVID vaccine induces good antibody response to mutated viral variants, finds study
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Danderyd Hospital have followed recipients of the new updated COVID-19 vaccine and analyzed the antibody response to different SARS-CoV-2 variants. The results show a surprisingly ...
Dec 22, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Thyroid problems escalating rapidly in the UK, may be direct link to SARS-CoV-2
Dr. Quinton Fivelman Ph.D., the Chief Scientific Officer at London Medical Laboratory, is warning that thyroid problems may be escalating rapidly in the UK population and it is likely that there is a direct link between SARS-CoV-2 ...
Jan 27, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
More caution needed to keep older adults safe from COVID-19
Survey results from 27 countries suggest that, despite their increased risk of severe illness due to COVID-19, elderly people are not more willing to isolate when asked to, and are not more compliant with several COVID-19 ...
Jul 3, 2020
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