Study details bacteria’s role in recurrent urinary tract infections
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Tag: Gerontology
Good sleep quality and good mood lead to good working memory with age
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Wireless movement-tracking system could collect health and behavioral data
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Physical and mental health of seniors linked to optimism, wisdom and loneliness
Findings can be used to develop new, health-focused interventions in aging populations Ten thousand Baby Boomers turn 65 every day. ...
Insilico to present at the Russian Pharmaceutical Forum
Credit: Insilico Wednesday, May 8, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, a biotech company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing the ...
Could sleep molecules lead to a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease?
A new study published today in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, has found that ...
Nursing home cameras aim to protect the vulnerable but present ethical dilemmas
For many people who care for aging parents, one solution is a safe, responsible nursing home. But an increasingly common ...
Program involving community volunteers shows promise for reducing health care use by seniors
Incorporating community volunteers into the health care system shows promise in reducing health care usage by older adults and shifting ...
Mental well-being predicts leisure time physical activity in midlife
Different exercise activities are related to the different dimensions of well-being in midlifeCredit: Photo Petteri Kivimäki Men and women with ...
New book explores hospice and palliative care interventions
Credit: Elsevier Behavioral Intervention Research in Hospice and Palliative Care: Building an Evidence Base sets forth research considerations and guidelines ...
Elderly survivors of three common cancers face persistent risk of brain metastasis
Bottom Line: Elderly survivors of breast cancer, lung cancer, and melanoma face risk of brain metastasis later in life, and ...
Global disaster experts to gather in Brisbane
The World Association for Disaster and Emergency Management Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine is on in Brisbane, Australia next ...
UNC School of Medicine initiative providing special care to patients with dementia
Until there is a cure for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, the treatment is a well-educated health care team delivering ...
Analysis of old people’s civic participation
Civic participation has a positive impact on the quality of life and physical and mental healthCredit: Rodrigo Serrat Older people's ...
Adam Antebi to present at the 6th Aging Research for Drug Discovery Forum in Basel
Credit: Insilico Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - Today Insilico Medicine, a biotechnology company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing ...
Sensor-based technologies are promising to support independent living for older women
Study reveals active older women prefer wearable sensors over smart home sensors to measure personal activity data collection A study ...
Insilico to present at the FT US Pharma and Biotech Summit
Credit: Insilico Monday, April 29, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, a biotech company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing the ...
Insilico to present at the Pioneers ’19
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Healthy aging entails reorganization of function in prefrontal brain areas
Researchers from HSE University and York University have become the first to analyse the results of 82 functional neuroimaging studies ...
Exercise activates memory neural networks in older adults
UMD study shows acute exercise has the ability to impact brain regions important to memory College Park, Md. -- How ...
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