Seniors/Aging
- Short of staff, Norway eyes robot care for elderly
- Household robots may help human carers look after the growing number of elderly Norwegians in years to come, enabling them to live longer and more comfortably in their own homes, a project leader told Reuters on Thursday. Norway faces a growing sh...
- Author:Aasa Christine StoltzDate:06/27/08Click:1 Full Story...
- Key vitamin deficiency linked to tripled risk of dementia: study
- Lack of folate, also called vitamin B-9, may triple the risk of developing dementia in old age, according to a study published Tuesday. Researchers in South Korea measured naturally occurring folate levels in 518 elderly persons, none of whom show...
- Author:UnknownDate:06/27/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Sarkozy unveils plan to fight Alzheimer
- President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday unveiled a five-year plan to fight Alzheimer's disease that afflicts 860,000 elderly people in France. The 1.6-billion-euro (2.4-billion-dollar) plan provides for the creation of a new research foundation to po...
- Author:UnknownDate:06/27/08Click:1 Full Story...
- Japan researchers put tiny camera in mouse
- Japanese researchers have implanted a small camera inside a mouse's brain to see how memory is formed, in an experiment they hope to some day apply to humans to treat illnesses such as Parkinson's disease. The study, published in the "Journal o...
- Author:Chisa FujiokaDate:06/27/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Medical schools prepare for
- Just a few years ago, a graduate from Brown University medical school had just an inkling about how to care for the elderly. Now, Brown and other U.S. medical schools are plugging geriatric courses into their curricula and adding specially trained...
- Author:Richard C. LewisDate:06/27/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Study finds more elderly develop diabetes
- More elderly Americans are contracting diabetes and the majority develop complications such as heart disease that might be prevented if they properly monitored their health, a researcher said on Monday. The study of Medicare beneficiaries found 2....
- Author:Andrew SternDate:06/27/08Click:1 Full Story...
- Memory loss declining among U.S. seniors
- Older Americans are having less trouble with their memories, and it may be because they spent more time in school, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. They found the rate of cognitive impairment -- which includes a range of ills from significant mem...
- Author:Julie SteenhuysenDate:06/27/08Click:1 Full Story...
- Older diabetics at risk of physical disabilities
- Elderly people with diabetes may be at heightened risk of physical limitations that could hinder their independence, a new study suggests. British researchers found that among more than 800 adults age 65 or older, those with diabetes were more likel...
- Author:UnknownDate:06/27/08Click:1 Full Story...
- List of worst nursing homes released
- After initially resisting their disclosure, the Bush administration on Tuesday published the names of 131 nursing homes with poor inspection records and said some were already showing signs of improvement. The list released by the...
- Author:UnknownDate:06/27/08Click:2 Full Story...
- Trip and fall lately? Tell your doctor
- Trip and fall lately? Seniors often won't mention it unless they're hurt, but new guidelines say that first tumble is a good predictor of who's at risk for another, more serious fall. With deaths from falls increasing, the guidelines urge doctors to...
- Author:UnknownDate:06/27/08Click:3 Full Story...
- Sanofi targets elderly with new type of flu shot
- French drug company Sanofi-Aventis is seeking European Union approval for a new type of influenza injection it says will protect the elderly. Sanofi Pasteur, the French company's vaccines division, said preliminary trials with 7,000 adult or elderly...
- Author:UnknownDate:06/27/08Click:2 Full Story...
- Tango Classes Put Parkinson's Patients a Step Ahead
- Not only is the tango a dance of romance and passion, it also helps improve balance and mobility in people with Parkinson's disease, a new study suggests. Researchers at the Washington University in St. Louis medical school compared the effect...
- Author:UnknownDate:06/27/08Click:2 Full Story...
- Medicare won't pay hospitals for errors
- It's a new way to push for patient safety: Don't pay hospitals when they commit certain errors. Medicare will start hitting hospitals where it hurts in October, and other insurers are hot on the trail. That has the nation's hospitals exploring innov...
- Author:LAURAN NEERGAARDDate:06/27/08Click:2 Full Story...
- Alzheimer's Research Target May Be a Dead End
- A once-promising pathway for research into preventing and treating Alzheimer's disease may have been derailed by a surprise chemical finding, researchers report. Scientists in laboratories around the world have been investigating drug candidates cal...
- Author:E.J. MundellDate:06/27/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Costs for elderly diabetics on the rise in the U.S.
- The costs of caring for elderly people with diabetes, a growing population, are threatening to overwhelm the system designed to pay for their medical care, according to a new analysis of Medicare claims. More and more people over 65 years old are be...
- Author:UnknownDate:06/27/08Click:0 Full Story...
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