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Blood sugar monitoring devices create wearablity problems for older adults
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers from the Regenstrief Institute showed that continuous glucose monitors and other wearable devices present wearability and use issues for patients and their carers when used by older persons with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes to test and control low blood sugar.
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Gratitude has stress-busting effects: Research
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Researchers from Irish universities carried out a study with 68 adults and found that gratitude has a unique stress-buffering effect on both reactions to and recovery from acute psychological stress, which can contribute to the improvement of cardiovascular health.
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Study: Slower memory decline in older adults linked to healthy lifestyle
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Even for carriers of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene - the strongest known risk factor for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias - a healthy lifestyle was found to slow memory loss
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Study: Head injury is associated with doubled mortality rate long-term
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Adults who suffered any head injury during a 30-year study period had two times the rate of mortality than those who did not have any head injury, and mortality rates among those with moderate or severe head injuries were nearly three times higher, according to new research from the Perelman
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Researchers reveal head injury linked with doubled mortality rate in long
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to new research, adults who suffered any type of head injury during a 30-year study period had twice the rate of mortality as those who did not, and mortality rates among those with moderate or severe head injuries were nearly three times higher.
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Research: Anti-ageing gene shown to rewind heart age by 10 years
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
An anti-ageing gene discovered in a centenarian population has been proven to reduce the biological age of the heart by ten years. The discovery, which was spearheaded by academics at the University of Bristol and the MultiMedica Group in Italy and was published in Cardiovascular Research, p
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Study finds older adults with asthama are at higher risk of depression
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A recent prospective study of about 2,000 Canadian older individuals published online in the journal Respiratory Medicine discovered that older adults with asthma were at higher risk for depression during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Study reveals neighbourhood features that encourage walking, cycling
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
According to a global survey of nearly 40,000 adults, how people perceive their own neighbourhoods may have a lot to do with whether they choose to walk or cycle. According to Scott Lear, a health sciences professor at Simon Fraser University, those who walk more than 150 minutes each week f
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Effects of resistance training in older adults explored by researchers
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A protein response that develops at the cellular level as a result of ageing causes low-grade inflammation and a balance between oxidants and antioxidants, which is the root of many diseases.
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Older people with asthma at higher risk for depression during Covid pandem
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A recent prospective study of about 2,000 Canadian older individuals published online in the journal Respiratory Medicine discovered that older adults with asthma were at higher risk for depression during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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NTAGI to discuss inclusion of Covovax in CoWIN portal as heterologous boos
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) is likely to meet soon to discuss inclusion of Covid vaccine Covovax on the CoWIN portal as a heterologous booster dose for adults to boost uptake of booster doses, said official sources.
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Study suggests eating disorders can arise due to body dissatisfaction at a
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Eating disorders are stereotypically associated with adolescents and young adults. Growing evidence, however, suggests that these conditions can occur at any time during a woman's lifespan, including at midlife.
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