Healthy Seniors News
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High-Dose Vitamin D Won't Prevent Seniors' Falls
Preliminary studies suggested vitamin D may increase muscle strength and improve balance, so Johns Hopkins researchers investigated whether high doses of vitamin D might reduce the risk of falls in people aged 70 and older.
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Biden Fractures Foot, Will Wear Orthopedic Boot
Biden was playing with Major, one of his two German shepherds, when he slipped and fell.
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1 in 3 U.S. Seniors Prescribed Inappropriate Drugs
In fact, these patients are prescribed twice as many drugs as needed and are nearly twice as likely to be hospitalized or wind up in the emergency department.
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Lockdown Could Worsen Hearing Woes for Seniors
Older adults who use hearing aids may be using them less, because they think there's no one to interact with. This can reduce sound input to the brain and lead to auditory deprivation.
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Are Boomers Less Sharp Than Previous Generations?
Looking at two decades' worth of data on U.S. adults, the study found generational differences in tests of cognitive function. That refers to essential mental abilities such as remembering, reasoning and problem-solving.
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Katherine Johnson, Famed NASA Icon, Dies at 101
Brilliant at math, she became one of the first living "computers” NASA hired to help with meticulous calculations needed in a world where actual computers were rare, huge, and slow.
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Pot Use Among Seniors Nearly Doubled in 3 Years
The proportion of folks 65 and older who use pot stands at 4.2%, up from 2.4% in 2015, according to figures from the U.S. National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
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Power in Numbers: Your Birthday Influences Care
Among patients who had turned 80 within the past two weeks, just over 5% received bypass surgery. In contrast, the rate was 7% among patients who were about to turn 80 in the next couple weeks.
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Life Expectancy in U.S. Increases for First Time in 4 Years
The jump in longevity comes as deaths from opioid overdoses dropped for the first time in 28 years, as did deaths from six of the 10 leading causes.
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Racism Linked to Faster Aging Among Blacks
Data were collected in 2000 when participants had an average age of 40, and the follow-up took place 10 years later. At both points, participants were asked about the discrimination they experienced in various situations.
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How Well Are You Aging? A Blood Test Might Tell
The scientists analyzed plasma -- the cell-free, fluid part of blood -- from more than 4,200 people between the ages of 18 and 95, and found a link between 373 proteins and aging.
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Jimmy Carter Going Home After Latest Hospital Stay
Former President Jimmy Carter was discharged from the hospital after getting treated for a urinary tract infection.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Released From Hospital After Health Scare
The 86-year-old was first evaluated on Friday at a hospital in Washington, D.C., after feeling unwell. She was then transferred to The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. By Saturday, her fever and chills had lessened after receiving intravenous antibiotic therapy and fluids, the spokeswoman said.
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Vitamin D Key to Muscle Strength in Older Adults
Vitamin D deficiency is linked with poor muscle health in older adults, a new study finds.
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Report Finds Americans' Health Is Flagging
Life expectancy has declined over the past three years, driven down by increasing rates of suicides and drug overdoses.
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Exercise Can Lower Older Women's Fracture Risk
Each year, more than 300,000 people in the United States aged 65 or older are hospitalized for a broken hip, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Jimmy Carter Released From Hospital After Fall
Former President Jimmy Carter, 95, is recovering from a minor pelvis fracture after he fell at his home in Plains, GA.
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Your Dog Might Just Extend Your Life
Dog ownership decreases a person's overall risk of premature death by 24%, according to researchers who conducted a review of the available medical evidence.
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Many U.S. Seniors Are Going Hungry, Study Finds
Almost 1 in 10 U.S. seniors doesn't have enough food to eat, a new study shows.
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Evidence Shows Optimism Might Lengthen Your Life
The studies also found the more positive one's outlook, the less one's risk for heart trouble or death.
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Could a 'Tickle' a Day Keep the Doctor Away?
The tickle treatment is called transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS). The procedure involves placing custom-made clips containing electrodes on the part of your ear called the tragus; that's the small, pointed tip above your ear lobe.
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Frailty Not a Normal Part of Aging
Frailty is not just a byproduct of aging, but a standalone medical condition, researchers report.
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'Good Death': Choosing How to Live and How to Die
Between 2009 and 2017, the most recent year for which statistics are available, 1,364 people in Washington had used the law to end their lives. Last year, in California, 337 people chose to die under the state’s End of Life Option Act.
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The Happiness Dividend: Longer, Healthier Lives
People happy with themselves and their well-being tend to live longer and healthier lives than those who are perpetually down in the dumps, British researchers report.
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Race Affects Life Expectancy in Major U.S. Cities
In New York City, for example, people living in East Harlem have an average life expectancy of 71.2 years. A few blocks away, on the affluent Upper East Side, people live to 89.9.
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