Aging:
News Articles on Aging, Back Pain, Age Related Disease, Eldercare, Healthy Aging
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Jan 20th, 2009
People who are calm and happy are half as likely to develop dementia compared to others who are easily distressed, introverted, or unsociable.
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Jan 15th, 2009
Researchers have unraveled crucial details of how aging causes broken bones to heal slowly, or not at all, according to study results published today in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. The research team also successfully conducted preclinical tests on a potential new class of treatments designed to "rescue" healing capability lost to aging.
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Jan 13th, 2009
People who are fit have better blood flow to their brain. The findings also show that better blood flow translates into improved cognition.
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Jan 7th, 2009
SCAN Health Plan Arizona, trained more than 60 seasoned van drivers about what it feels like to actually "walk in the shoes of a senior."
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Dec 31st, 2008
Blood sugar control plays an important role in keeping our memory sharp as we age. The quest for drugs and solutions for Alzheimer's disease prevention and treatment has given us clues, but no definite answers to what all of the influences that cause memory loss with age.
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Dec 30th, 2008
George Francis, believed to be the oldest man in the United States and whose life spanned both world wars, man's walk on the moon and the election of the nation's first black president, died of congestive heart failure Saturday at a Sacramento, Calif., nursing home. He was 112.
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Dec 10th, 2008
Oncologists, geriatricians, primary care providers increasingly challenged to provide timely and appropriate post-treatment care to older cancer survivors.
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Dec 6th, 2008
Older people tend to feel about 13 years younger than their chronological age.
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Nov 29th, 2008
Why Humans Age is the title of an 8-minute documentary film narrated by Bill Sardi, co-founder and formulator of Longevinex (long-jev-in-ex), a nutriceutical product designed to promote healthy aging.
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Oct 30th, 2008
There are at least 5 things wrong with this Balance Testing offering for seniors that I (and presumably many other doctors) received in my mail this week.
