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Walking fitness can predict fracture risk in older adults: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research believe that being able to walk one kilometer comfortably can help predict fracture risk.
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Study finds how loss of cells in pancreas in elderly cause age-related dia
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers have looked into the disappearance of pancreatic islet cells in people who have never suffered pancreatitis. They determined that the loss of insulin-producing beta cells was the primary cause of islet cell loss in the elderly after finding notable trends in the types of cells lo
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Taking a Breath: World COPD Day 2023 Encourages Early Action
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi/Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 20: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a global health challenge that affects around 391 million individuals, causing breathlessness, chronic cough, and expectoration. This progressive disease ranks among the leading causes of dea
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Study sheds more light on early interventions for Huntington's disease
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Huntington's disease is the most prevalent neurodegenerative ailment caused by a single gene, with motor and cognitive abnormalities as well as behavioural symptoms. There are no medicines that can stop or reverse the condition at the moment, but new research from Boston Children's Hospital
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Telecare lowers costs, improves quality of life for dementia patients: Stu
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to a UCSF study, a telecare programme that improves outcomes for dementia patients while reducing the burden on unpaid caregivers also offers the unexpected benefit of lowering Medicare expenses.
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Scientists reveal how living alone can put people with cognitive decline a
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
One in every four senior Americans with dementia or mild cognitive impairment lives alone, making them vulnerable to risky driving, wandering outside the home, mixing up medications, and skipping appointments.
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Researchers reveal how living alone can put people with cognitive decline
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to a study led by UC San Francisco and published in JAMA Network Open on August 18, 2023, patients living alone with cognitive decline, whose numbers are expected to rise as the population ages, are not effectively served by the American health system.
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Unhappy family or trauma in youth leads to poor health in old age: Researc
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Adverse childhood experiences, particularly those involving violence, have repercussions later in life that include both physical and mental impairments.
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Study finds how micronutrient in human breast milk linked to newborns’ bra
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A recent study by researchers at Tufts University's Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) suggests that a micronutrient in human breast milk benefits newborns' developing brains significantly. This finding sheds more light on the relationship between nutrition and
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Researchers reveal how older adults gets easily distracted
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A University of California, Riverside study found that when older persons are engaged in a physically demanding job, such as driving a car or carrying groceries, they are more prone than younger ones to be distracted by objects unrelated to the task at hand.
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Older adults might achieve same level of cognition as undergrads: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
For the first time, a group of recent studies shows that learning multiple new tasks has long-term cognitive benefits.
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Study finds how diabetes, tooth loss can worsen cognitive decline in older
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to a recent study, having both diabetes and tooth loss correlates to lower cognitive function and quicker cognitive decline in older persons.
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