| Health Tip: How to Protect Seniors From Injury
(HealthDay)
| Mon, Feb 6 08:47 PM |
| HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Creating a home safety checklist can help
seniors prevent injuries and let them prepare if they happen to fall or
hurt themselves. | Yahoo! News: Seniors/Aging News |
| New Criteria Could Change Who Is Diagnosed With Alzheimer's
(HealthDay)
| Mon, Feb 6 08:47 PM |
| HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- New guidelines for diagnosing
the mental decline that can come with several diseases of aging may create
confusion among doctors and patients about who has early Alzheimer's
disease and who simply has mild cognitive impairment, a new report
warns. | Yahoo! News: Seniors/Aging News |
| Smoking Speeds Up Male Cognitive Decline | Mon, Feb 6 07:00 PM |
| A male regular smoker has a higher risk of rapid cognitive decline, compared to his counterparts who do not smoke, researchers from University College London, England, reported in Archives of General Psychiatry... | Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today |
| Mild Alzheimer's Might In Fact Be Mild Cognitive Impairment | Mon, Feb 6 07:00 PM |
| New revised criteria could mean that a considerable number of patients currently diagnosed with mild or very mild Alzheimer's, might in fact be reclassified as having MCI (mild cognitive impairment), John C. Morris, M.D., of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, wrote in Archives of Neurology... | Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today |
| Blurry line in diagnosing early Alzheimer's: study
(Reuters)
| Mon, Feb 6 02:23 PM |
| Reuters - The revised definition of a brain condition called mild cognitive impairment means that many people now considered to have mild or early Alzheimer's disease could easily be given that diagnosis instead, suggests a new study. | Yahoo! News: Seniors/Aging News |
| New Alzheimer's Criteria Would Change Diagnosis for Millions
(LiveScience.com)
| Mon, Feb 6 01:45 PM |
| LiveScience.com - Almost everyone currently diagnosed with a mild form of Alzheimer's disease would be downgraded to not having the condition, if new proposed criteria for the diagnosis of cognitive problems were applied, a new study shows. | Yahoo! News: Seniors/Aging News |
| Green Tea Protects Against Functional Disability Linked To Aging | Mon, Feb 6 01:00 PM |
| Regular green tea drinkers have a lower risk of developing functional disability, researchers from Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Functional disability refers to problems with daily chores and activities, such as bathing or dressing... | Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today |
| Insight Into Cell Aging Likely Following Discovery Of Extremely Long-Lived Proteins | Mon, Feb 6 01:00 AM |
| One of the big mysteries in biology is why cells age. Now scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies report that they have discovered a weakness in a component of brain cells that may explain how the aging process occurs in the brain... | Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today |
| Geriatric Patients At High Risk Of Vitamin D Deficiency | Mon, Feb 6 01:00 AM |
| The great majority of geriatric patients in a German rehabilitation hospital were found to have vitamin D deficiency. Stefan Schilling presents his study results in Deutsches Arzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2012; 109[3]: 33-8)... | Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today |
| When Caring For Older People, Dignity Counts | Mon, Feb 6 01:00 AM |
| Older people feel that their health problems pose a challenge to their sense of independence, dignity and identity and sometimes the health care they are given makes things worse. According to research funded by UK Research Councils' New Dynamics of Ageing programme (NDA), healthcare providers must avoid taking a 'blanket view' of how to help older people cope with the ageing process... | Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today |
| Green tea drinkers show less disability with age: study
(Reuters)
| Sun, Feb 5 05:14 PM |
| Reuters - Elderly adults who regularly drink green tea may stay more agile and independent than their peers over time, according to a Japanese study that covered thousands of people. | Yahoo! News: Seniors/Aging News |
| Winter Can Pose Hazards for Seniors
(HealthDay)
| Sat, Feb 4 08:46 PM |
| HealthDay - SATURDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Winter weather can be
challenging for some seniors, especially those with mobility or other
health issues. | Yahoo! News: Seniors/Aging News |
| Questionnaire Could Help Predict Alzheimer's: Study
(HealthDay)
| Fri, Feb 3 08:47 PM |
| HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A series of specific "yes" or
"no" questions could help doctors distinguish between people who have
normal memory loss that comes with age and those with a condition known as
amnestic mild cognitive impairment, according to a new study. | Yahoo! News: Seniors/Aging News |
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