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Cultural Activities Ward-Off Depression During Old Age

Cultural Activities Ward-Off Depression During Old Age

Depression during old age can be drastically prevented by regular visits to the cinema, theater and museums reveal a new study. The study was published in the British Journal of Psychiatry ...

Dementia-related Deaths Grew by 148% in 26 Years

Dementia-related Deaths Grew by 148% in 26 Years

The data from 195 countries on the spread of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia from 1990 to 2016, have been analysed by an international group of collaborating scientists. The findings of the...

Significant Rise in Dementia-related Cases in India

Significant Rise in Dementia-related Cases in India

India witnessed a significant rise in the number of people affected with Alzheimer's disease and other cases of dementia from 1990 to 2016, reveals a Lancet study. Owing to ageing population...

Coffee can Cure Parkinson’s and Lewy Body Dementia

Coffee can Cure Parkinson’s and Lewy Body Dementia

Caffeine and another compound found in the waxy coating of coffee beans can protect against two progressive and incurable diseases associated with brain degeneration, such as Parkinson's dis...

Deprescribing: Valuable Tool in Managing Polypharmacy

Deprescribing: Valuable Tool in Managing Polypharmacy

Cutting the number of drugs seniors use can have surprising benefits, revealed research presented in a new issue of the journal Public Policy & Aging Report from The Gerontological Society o...

Why Do Older People Read More Slowly?

Why Do Older People Read More Slowly?

New study investigates the reason behind why older people read more slowly. The findings of the study are published in the journal Psychology and Aging . One of the most obvious change...

Disabilities Among Elderly Are Far Higher Than What Is Represented At The Census

Disabilities Among Elderly Are Far Higher Than What Is Represented At The Census

Indian disability scale regarding senior disability has been found to be much higher than what was thought to be lesser according to Indian census report from 2011. the results of this study...

Risk Factors for Falling Identified

Risk Factors for Falling Identified

Different factors linked to falling in men versus women have been identified in a study of 3,112 community-dwelling adults aged 60 years and older. The findings are published in the Journal ...

Medication Administration Errors Could Lead to Death

Medication Administration Errors Could Lead to Death

Errors in medication administration could lead to deaths, especially with anticoagulants and antibiotics, according to a new study which analysed the incidents reported in England and Wales....

Overmedication reduces Abilities in Heart Failure Patients

Overmedication reduces Abilities in Heart Failure Patients

Older adults with chronic health conditions taking five or more medicines (known as polypharmacy) could face many harmful side effects. Polypharmacy can contribute to serious problems i...

Generation 100 to Study the Physical Activity Pattern of Seniors

Generation 100 to Study the Physical Activity Pattern of Seniors

We all know that physical activity benefits our health. A comprehensive study from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), called Generation 100, studied how physical acti...

Many Diseases Increase Risk for Post Hip-Operative Complications

Many Diseases Increase Risk for Post Hip-Operative Complications

Risk of having surgical complications after a hip fracture surgery may increase in any of the following cases such as Parkinson's disease, osteoarthritis, rheumatic diseases, alcoholism and ...

Majority of Health Surrogates for Older Adults Often Overestimate Their Care Preferences

Majority of Health Surrogates for Older Adults Often Overestimate Their Care Preferences

Health surrogates for older adults often don't know their care preferences, while 75% of surrogates feel extremely confident in their knowledge of a loved one's preferences, only 21% of them...

Longevity Protein Helps Muscle Healing in Older Adults

Longevity Protein Helps Muscle Healing in Older Adults

Skeletal muscles loses its ability to heal after injury in elderly people. A longevity protein called Klotho, acts both as culprit and therapeutic target that could help muscle regeneration ...

Lifespan Expectancy Among Poor People in the UK Has Reached a New Low: Study

Lifespan Expectancy Among Poor People in the UK Has Reached a New Low: Study

Life expectancy among the people of the poor community has decreased, they have been found to die ten years earlier now, finds a new study. The findings of this study are published in the jo...

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