Two studies demonstrate that older adults may be able to live longer, healthier lives by increasing physical activity that doesn’t
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Financial abuse of older adults by family members more common than scams by strangers
Despite numerous telephone, mail and internet scams directed toward older adults, relatives may perpetrate more financial elder abuse than strangers,
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Zapping the brain REVERSES age-related memory loss in older people
Zapping the brain REVERSES age-related memory loss in older people as scientists claim they could ‘no longer tell the pensioners
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Older patients with vision loss have higher hospital use, costs
(HealthDay)—Hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries with vision loss experience longer mean length of stay, higher readmission rates, and higher costs during hospitalization
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Patient-report instrument helps identify ADEs in older adults
(HealthDay)—A patient-report instrument has good predictive value for identifying adverse drug events (ADEs) in older adults in the community setting,
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For older adults with heart failure: Can taking too many medications reduce the ability to perform daily activities?
As we age, we tend to develop a number of chronic health conditions and concerns. Often, managing health problems can
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Walking, Exercise Both Linked to Lower Heart Failure in Older Women
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 5, 2018 — The more a middle-aged or elderly woman walks, the less likely she is to have
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Older Women What It’s Really Like To Date A Younger Man
The 2010s have turned the notion of a “normal” couple on its head: Marriage reform redefined what a legally recognised
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Fitter older people are less likely to forget words, study finds
Fitter older people are less likely to forget words: Oxygen generated by exercise protects language part of the brain, study
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Key differences in young, older people’s immune cells attributed to environment
Discoveries by Stanford University School of Medicine investigators may help explain why older people’s immune systems often don’t work so
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