Health
World's senior population forecast to boom by 2050
(HealthDay)—The percentage of the world's population aged 65 and older is expected to double by 2050, a new report says.
Mar 28, 2016
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Lifestyle and luck both factors in a long, healthy life
More people may be living to 100 and beyond than ever before, but the real challenge is how to become one of them yourself, and how to care for an aging population.
Mar 11, 2016
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Health
Health care system of the future modelled
What will our health care system look like in the future? The MEDPRO project of the Austrian Science Fund FWF seeks to deliver answers to this pertinent question. The project is analysing the interrelationship between medical ...
Jan 18, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Optimal care for older cancer patients should target relevant HRQOL domains
In a paper recently published in the European Journal of Cancer, EORTC researchers identified health related quality of life (HRQOL) components that should be considered as most relevant for achieving optimal care for older ...
Nov 25, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Is MERS another SARS: The facts behind Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
Experts show that while Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV), a viral respiratory illness, is infecting less people, it has a higher mortality rate and affects a specific target population when compared to Severe Acute ...
Aug 24, 2015
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Health
Health costs of ageing will shoot up without technological innovation
A new report co-authored by researchers in the Department of Engineering urges government and designers to work together to break down the barriers to innovation in order to adapt to an ageing population.
Aug 19, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Social climbing makes the English happier than Americans
People who grow up in a working class family are more satisfied in later life than those from a higher class background according to new research from The University of Manchester.
Jul 23, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Aging demographic to push up Canada cancer rate 40%
Canada must boost its capacity to treat cancers as new cases among its aging and growing population are set to soar, the Canadian Cancer Society said Wednesday.
May 27, 2015
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Medical research
Researchers pin down enzyme role in muscle 'aging'
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have identified the role of an enzyme in muscle wasting, and associated age-related problems. They believe that inhibiting it could hold the key to developing ways of preventing, ...
May 19, 2015
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eMR-ABC software improving brain care throughout Indiana
Older Indiana adults with dementia or depression will be among the best cared for elders in the nation beginning this month with the statewide roll-out of a unique automated decision-support system that enables their care ...
May 7, 2015
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