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Research links childhood trauma to elderly persons' poor physical and ment
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], July 10 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Toronto recently conducted a study that found that elderly people who had been physically abused as children had a considerably higher likelihood of developing chronic pain and other physical ailments as they age.
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Elderly Chinese neglected by authorities amid new Omicron variant threat
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 7 (ANI): Elderly Chinese people are being neglected by the authorities despite the detection of the new Omicron subvariant recently in the country.
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Study: The astrocytic urea cycle in brain controls memory loss in Alzheime
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Daejeon [South Korea], June 22 (ANI): The number of elderly people suffering from Alzheimer's disease has increased rapidly in recent decades. For a long time, scientists believed that misfolded aggregates of amyloid-beta protein accumulated and formed plaques in the brain, leading to memory
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Majority of China's aged population remains unvaccinated; critics suspect
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 27 (ANI): The fact that several elderly people over the age of 60 have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 in China might be a deliberate action by Chinese authorities to leave the aged people out of the protection radar, considering them to be a burden on its economy.
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Scientists find sarcopenic obesity is linked to dementia in elderly
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 26 (ANI): According to new research by Juntendo University, scientists linked dementia in elderly people with sarcopenic obesity.
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IMD issues heat wave warning for seven Odisha districts, advises sick and
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], March 17 (ANI): India Meteorological Department (IMD), on Thursday, issued a heat wave warning for seven districts in Odisha and advised sick and elderly people to stay indoors in the afternoon to avoid direct exposure to heat waves.
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Scoring low in simple memory test linked to Alzheimer's biomarkers, sugges
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Minnesota [US], February 24 (ANI): One may have 'an elephant's memory', but how far can that help in preventing dementia? A recent study found that among people with no memory or thinking problems, having a poor score on a simple memory test may be linked to biomarkers in the brain associate
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Those living near unconventional oil, gas development areas have higher ri
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], January 31 (ANI): A large study, conducted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has said that elderly people living near or downwind of unconventional oil and gas development (UOGD) are at higher risk of early death, compared to their counterparts wh
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Active COVID-19 cases in Nepal exceed 90,000, elderly people severely affe
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 26 (ANI): Nepal's active COVID-19 cases have crossed the mark of 90,000 in less than a month, the Ministry of Health and Population announced on Wednesday.
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Delhi's pollution levels dangerous for elderly, vulnerable for COVID recov
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): As the air quality of the national capital deteriorated following the festival of Diwali, Dr Ashok Seth, Chairman, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute on Friday said the pollution levels are dangerous for the elderly people as well as COVID recovered patients.
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Korea's poverty rate for the elderly is highest among OECD countries
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], September 30 (ANI/Global Economic): As the life expectancy of the elderly increases, Korea's economic participation rate of elderly people is increasing. However, the poverty rate for the elderly is still the highest among OECD countries.
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Israel to offer third dose of COVID-19 vaccination to people over 60
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 30 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that the country will start offering a third dose of COVID-19 vaccinations to people aged over 60, making it probably one of the first countries to provide a booster shot.
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