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Exploration of Healthy Aging - May 28, 2009
Date: May 27, 2009
Source: Dalhousie University
By Rick Nauert, Ph.D. Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on
A new multi-university study aims to improve the understanding of common health problems affecting seniors.
Researchers from Dalhousie, McMaster, and McGill universities in Canada are coordinating one of the most comprehensive studies on aging ever undertaken, the Canadian Longitudinal [...]
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Hospital staff too busy to wash hands says NHS chief - May 28, 2009
Published Date: 28 May 2009
Source: Edinburgh Evening News
By Adam Morris
A SENIOR Lothian health official has suggested some hospital staff are simply too busy to wash their hands.
NHS Lothian Health Board vice-chairman Eddie Egan was speaking as it emerged that in certain departments, almost a quarter of staff are failing to wash their hands regularly.
The simple [...]
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Health official urges people to abide by Tobacco Law - May 28, 2009
Date: 5/28/2009 Source : THE PENINSULA
DOHA: A senior official of the Supreme Council of Health has called on the public to abide by the Tobacco Law in Qatar that bans smoking in enclosed public places.
The call came ahead of the World No Tobacco Day which [...]
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Take a load off - May 28, 2009
Posted on Wed, May. 27, 2009
Matthew M. F. Miller
A new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology finds that carrying around extra pounds early in life could lead to decreased mobility down the road – even if that weight was eventually lost.
“In both men and women, being overweight or obese put them at greater [...]
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Health insurer suggests ways to save gov’t $500B - May 28, 2009
By ERICA WERNER
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
WASHINGTON — A major health insurer says the government can save more than $500 billion in Medicare spending by sending patients to less expensive, more efficient doctors, reducing hospital visits by the elderly and cutting unnecessary care.
Those are among 15 suggestions made Wednesday by UnitedHealth Group Inc., a Minnesota-based health management [...]
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Unsafe Neighborhoods Disable The Elderly - May 28, 2009
ScienceDaily (May 27, 2009)
Elderly people who live below the poverty line and perceive their neighborhoods to be dangerous are more likely to have a mobility disability. Researchers suggest that even perceiving one’s neighborhood as unsafe can ‘get into the body’ and, ultimately, prove hazardous for elder health.
Cheryl Clark MD, ScD, from Brigham and [...]
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Discovery Of Molecular Cause Of Alzheimer’s Disease Could Bring Early Diagnosis, Treatment Closer - May 27, 2009
Source: Mark Shainblum, McGill University
Article Date: 25 May 2009 – 0:00 PDT
A discovery made by researchers at McGill University and the affiliated Lady Davis Research Institute for Medical Research at Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital offers new hope for the early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. In a study [...]
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Medical Director Of Renowned Los Angeles Jewish Home Offers Advice To Seniors On Avoiding Swine Flu - May 27, 2009
Source: Los Angeles Jewish Home
Article Date: 05 May 2009 – 1:00 PDTThe medical director for the Los Angeles Jewish Home, the largest single-source provider of senior residential housing in the western United States, today shared the Home’s recommendations for symptoms seniors should be on the lookout for and precautions to take as [...]
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Many Elderly Falls Due to Inner-Ear Imbalance - May 27, 2009
By Kathleen Kingsbury Tuesday, May. 26, 2009
Catherine Paffey / Alamy
A simple fall is one of the most dangerous traumas the elderly face: one-quarter of older Americans who suffer a hip fracture after a fall die within six months of the injury. But what exactly causes so many people to fall, and thus how best to [...]
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Are Dementia Tests Outdated? - May 27, 2009
By Rick Nauert, Ph.D. Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on May 21, 2009
Several of the psychological instruments previously used to predict which elderly individuals risk developing dementia do not seem to work any longer, suggests a new report.
The thesis shows that memory loss is the only factor that can still [...]
