Preventing elderly falls through low-cost community events
Credit: Marcus Quigmire BURLINGTON, VT - Accidental falls are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults in ...
Tag: Gerontology
Researchers develop new method to detect cancerous DNA in lung cancer patients’ blood
An advance in liquid biopsies A new method of determining the sequence of molecules in DNA can be used to ...
For older adults, sense of control tied to feeling younger
A recent study finds that older adults feel younger when they feel that they have more control over their daily ...
Researchers predict 1.4 million deaths from all cancers in 2019 in the EU
Overall death rates from breast cancer fall in the EU, but rise in Poland Death rates from breast cancer are ...
Robot-guided video game gets older adults learning and working together
The game's point is to get participants out of isolation and moving, staving off dementia Two residents of Elmcroft Senior ...
Have sleep apnea? Using your CPAP device consistently may slow memory loss
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) refers to having problems with your memory and decision-making abilities. Usually, people with MCI experience few ...
The robots that dementia caregivers want: robots for joy, robots for sorrow
Credit: Healthcare Robotics Lab/University of California San Diego Caregivers design robots that increase joyful moments and reduce emotional stress Building ...
Periodontitis may raise the risk for developing dementia
Gum disease (gingivitis) that goes untreated can become periodontitis. When this happens, the infection that affected your gums causes loss ...
Trump administration’s 2020 Budget Request ‘deeply troubling’ for older Americans, AGS
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society Trillions of dollars in cuts to everything from the nation's largest insurer to programs ...
Older adults with multiple chronic illnesses
AGS releases new action steps to guide care Caring for older adults with multiple chronic conditions can create challenging situations. ...
When is best time to get flu shot? Analysis compares scenarios
PITTSBURGH, March 14, 2019 - When flu season peaks after mid-winter, tens of thousands of influenza cases and hundreds of ...
More vitamin D may improve memory but too much may slow reaction time
Rutgers-led study of post-menopausal women finds potential risks and benefitsCredit: Sue Shapses/Rutgers University-New Brunswick How much vitamin D can boost ...
New contributor to age-related hearing loss identified
Research sheds light on a vital, but largely unknown, part of the inner earCredit: Dan Addison | University Communications Researchers ...
Engaging in physical activity could reduce long-term mortality
Credit: University of Granada Cognitive frailty is a heterogeneous clinical manifestation characterized by the simultaneous presence of both physical frailty ...
NUS study: Eating mushrooms may reduce the risk of cognitive decline
Researchers found seniors who ate more than 300 grams of cooked mushrooms a week were half as likely to have ...
Big data takes aim at a big human problem
A James Cook University scientist is part of an international team that's used new 'big data' analysis to achieve a ...
Dr. Matt Kaeberlein to present at the 6th Aging Research for Drug Discovery Forum Basel
Credit: Insilico Medicine Monday, March 11, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing ...
€2.5 million for project tackling sexual health in the over-45s
Project links 11 organizations across the South East of England, France, Belgium and the Netherlands A European project involving academics ...
Blood pressure control is beneficial, is it not?
New findings on blood pressure control in older adults Until recently, physicians had generally assumed that older adults benefit from ...
Hospital cleaning trial cuts infections
A QUT-led study involving 11 Australian hospitals has found that better cleaning of 'touch points' in wards reduces healthcare-associated infectionsCredit: ...