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Seniors RSS FeedsHealthy Brain Connections Keep Us Smart In Old Age - Maintaining healthy nerve connections among distant brain areas may help keep us smart in old age, according to new research published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry this week ...Feed Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com 'Living Off The Land' Associated With Lower Age-Related Blood Pressure Increases - Hunter-gatherers and forager-horticulturalists who live off the land and grow what they need to survive have lower age-related increases in blood pressure and less risks of atherosclerosis, according to two new studies in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension ... Higher Mortality Rates In Older Asthma Patients May Be Due To Inflammation - Higher mortality rates among older adult asthma patients compared to their younger counterparts may be due, at least in part, to an increase in airway inflammation, according to a study conducted by researchers in Canada, who note that their results imply that elderly patients are either less likely to follow asthma medication dosing instructions, or that the underlying airway ... The Risk Of Lung Cancer Mortality In The Elderly Increased By Tuberculosis - Tuberculosis independently predicts death from lung cancer in the elderly, according to a new study from researchers in Hong Kong. "There is a high incidence of both tuberculosis and lung cancer among the elderly in Hong Kong," said lead author Chi Chiu Leung, MBBS, consultant chest physician in the Tuberculosis and Chest Service of the Department of Health of Hong Kong ... COPD Patients Commonly Experience Troublesome Dyspnea During Sexual Activity - Troublesome dyspnea that limits sexual activity is common among older patients with COPD, according to a new study from Denmark. "We compared measures of well-being, depression and sexual function among older patients with severe COPD or heart failure, both of which are associated with dypnea during exertion," said Ejvind Frausing Hansen, MD, chief physician at Hvidovre Hospital in Denmark ... Simple Solution For Age Related Macular Degeneration - A device which could restore sight to patients with one of the most common causes of blindness in the developed world is under development in an international partnership ... Hunger Among Seniors In The USA Rose 78% In Ten Years - 8.3 million (14.85%) seniors in the United States face the threat of hunger, say researchers at the University of Illinois. From 2001 to 2010, the incidence of hunger among seniors has risen by 78%, and by 34% since the onset of the recession in 2007 ... Surgical Vs. Nonsurgical Treatment For Cervical Spine Fracture - For older adults with "C2" fractures of the upper (cervical) spine, surgery and nonsurgical treatment provide similar short- and long-term outcomes, reports a study in the May issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health ... Older People With Chronic Leukemia May Benefit From Experimental Agent - The experimental drug ibrutinib (PCI-32765) shows great promise for the treatment of elderly patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), according to interim findings from a clinical trial. The phase I/II trial, co-led by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J ... Fatal Falls Increase For Older Adults - The recent dramatic increase in the fall death rate in older Americans is likely the effect of improved reporting quality, according to a new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy ... Dementia Sufferers More Likely To Die At Home Than In Nursing Homes - A new study from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University has found that, at time of death, individuals with dementia are more likely to be living at home than in a nursing home. This contradicts the commonly held view that most individuals with dementia in the United States eventually move to nursing homes and die there ... US Seniors Are Going Hungry - A new study that looked at the hunger trends over a 10-year period found that 14.85 percent of seniors in the United States, more than one in seven, face the threat of hunger. This translates into 8.3 million seniors ... Pressure Ulcer Risk May Be Increased By Gastric Feeding Tubes - A new study led by Brown University researchers reports that percutaneous endoscopic gastric (PEG) feeding tubes, long assumed to help bedridden dementia patients stave off or overcome pressure ulcers, may instead make the horrible sores more likely to develop or not improve. The analysis of thousands of nursing home patients with advanced dementia appears in the Archives of Internal Medicine ... Scientists Successfully Test The First Gene Therapy Against Aging-Associated Decline - A number of studies have shown that it is possible to lengthen the average life of individuals of many species, including mammals, by acting on specific genes. To date, however, this has meant altering the animals' genes permanently from the embryonic stage - an approach impracticable in humans ... Changes In Flies Parallel Sundown Syndrome Which May Be Due To High Dopamine Levels - Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania researchers have discovered a mechanism involving the neurotransmitter dopamine that switches fruit fly behavior from being active during the day (diurnal) to nocturnal ... Cancer In The Elderly: Research Fails To Keep Up With Demographic Change - New research showing that almost half of 13,000 patients with head and neck cancers had other health-related problems at the same time was one of the presentations in a special session at the 31st conference of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO 31) [1]. The session highlighted the effect of the demographic time bomb caused by an increasingly ageing population ... The Naked Mole-Rat's Good Health Likely Tied To Effective Removal Of Damaged Proteins - The naked mole-rat, a curiously strange, hairless rodent, lives many years longer than any other mouse or rat. Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio's Barshop Institute of Longevity and Aging Studies continue to explore this mystery ... Cardiac Surgery To Repair Mitral Valve Sees Improved Survival Rates - Patients with mitral regurgitation, a type of valvular heart disease common in the elderly, are living longer after surgery, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes ... Genes And Vascular Risk Modify Effects Of Aging On Brain And Cognition - Efforts to understand how the aging process affects the brain and cognition have expanded beyond simply comparing younger and older adults. "Everybody ages differently ... Topical Aganirsen Found To Be Active In Retinal Disease - Gene Signal, a company focused on developing innovative drugs to manage angiogenesis based conditions, has announced that positive data from a study of aganirsen (GS-101, eye drops) in a nonhuman primate model of choroidal neovascularization has been presented at the 2012 ARVO Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida ... In Mouse Model, Delayed Female Sexual Maturity Linked To Longer Lifespan - An intriguing clue to longevity lurks in the sexual maturation timetable of female mammals, Jackson Laboratory researchers and their collaborators report. Jackson researchers including Research Scientist Rong Yuan, Ph.D., had previously established that mouse strains with lower circulating levels of the hormone IGF1 at age six months live longer than other strains ... Muscle Wasting Caused By Aging And Heart Failure Can Be Slowed By Exercise - Exercise can counteract muscle breakdown, increase strength and reduce inflammation caused by aging and heart failure, according to new research in Circulation, an American Heart Association journal. The benefits for heart failure patients are similar to those for anyone who exercises: there's less muscle-wasting, and their bodies become conditioned to handle more exercise ... Problems In Transport Of Donated Human Retina Led Researchers To Discover New Treatment Path For Eye Disease - Sloppy shipping of a donated human retina to an Indiana University researcher studying a leading cause of vision loss has inadvertently helped uncover a previously undetected mechanism causing the disease. The discovery has led researchers to urge review of how millions of dollars are spent investigating the cause of a type of age-related macular degeneration called choroidal neovascularization ... First Oral Agent To Quell Invasive Macular Degeneration, Restore Lost Vision - There may be new found hope for patients whose vision is threatened when medicine injected directly into the eyes fails to cause abnormal blood vessels to recede. While injectable drugs called angiogenesis (an-gee-oh-jen-esis) inhibitors are considered a modern miracle and have become the standard of care for patients with the fast-progressive form of macular degeneration, they are not foolproof ... Rejuvenating Aged Hematopoietic Stem Cells To Make Them Functionally Younger - Researchers have rejuvenated aged hematopoietic stem cells to be functionally younger, offering intriguing clues into how medicine might one day fend off some of the ailments of old age. Scientists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the Ulm University Medicine in Germany report their findings online in the journal Cell Stem Cell ... How the New Debit Card Fees Will Cost You - In an effort to recoup lost revenue from the federally-imposed limit on revenue from retailers, Bank of American and other large banks will start charging customers to use their own ... Rick Perry is Wrong: Social Security is Not a "Ponzi Scheme" - Rick Perry, Texan Governer or presidential candidate, says that Social Security is a "monstrous lie" and a "Ponzi scheme." Find out why Social Security was established, and what Social Security ... Are You Stuck in the Sandwich Generation? - Let's say you're nearing retirement, or you're already retired. You have an aging parent who now requires costly care, and you also have an adult child who lives with you ... Health Insurance: Are Politics Putting Lives at Risk? - Last week's CNN-Tea Party Express Republican debate included a discussion about health insurance--and whether the government should provide health insurance and healthcare benefits to citizens.
U.S. Rep Ron Paul promoted the ... How a Yellow Dot Could Save Your Life After an Auto Accident - When a serious car accident happens, the first hour is the most important time for rescue workers to provide care that can mean the difference between life and death.
That's why ... Stay Safe with the Latest Food and Drug Recall Alerts - Unfortunately, older adults are more vulnerable to problems caused by tainted food and unsafe medications because chronic illness, other medications and the aging process can weaken the immune system. It's ... Are You Vision-Impaired but Love to Read? Check Out the Talking Book Program - Jane writes from Indianapolis: "I have been diagnosed with macular degeneration and I'm being treated for it, but my limited sight makes it hard to enjoy one of my favorite ... Effective Treatments for Compulsive Hoarding - It is estimated that 2 million people in the U.S. are affected by a disorder called compulsive hoarding. Symptoms of compulsive hoarding include the inability to let go of what ... Are Grandparents Safer Drivers? - When children are in a car accident, their risk of injury is lower when a grandparent is driving, compared to a parent.
This news comes from a study of nearly 12,000 ... Protect Your Quality of Life: Reduce Your Risk of Falls - Adults over age 65 report that having a fall or worrying about the possibility of falling affects their mental and physical well-being more than some chronic diseases.
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