Science news articles about 'american seniors'

A landmark study led by North Carolina State University researchers shows that African-American seniors who have trouble falling asleep are at higher risk of having memory problems – raising the ...

... and research organization. Single households, African-American households, and Latino households are the most likely groups of seniors to be financially vulnerable. These sobering stats serve as a ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study about why African American seniors do or do not get influenza vaccinations finds that many of them do not have accurate and complete information about the ...

... complications among those 65 years and over, African American seniors are less likely to be vaccinated against ... because 44,000 Americans 65 and older die from influenza and its complications every year ...

... the internet or direct travel across the border, appears as the most long-standing innovation adopted by American seniors and a growing number of health benefits managers in meeting their needs, says ...

Growing numbers of American seniors are going online, chipping away at the dominance of 18- to 44-year-olds who comprise half the Web population, according to a study released Wednesday.

When faced with a terminal illness, African-American seniors were two times more likely than whites to say they would want life-prolonging treatments, according to a University of Pittsburgh study ...