... that physicians should carefully consider the implications when prescribing anticholingeric medications to older adults.
“Because these medications are so commonly prescribed, older adults who take ...
Older adults with low blood levels of vitamin D and high blood levels of a hormone secreted by the parathyroid glands may have a higher risk of depression, according to a report in the May issue ...
... as in the decline of cognitive (thinking, learning and memory) function in older adults, according to background information in the article. “Consistent with this hypothesis, observational studies ...
... Sciences (ICES), Ontario, and colleagues studied older adults with dementia living in the community or in nursing ... adults with dementia living in nursing homes, 6,853 received no antipsychotics, 6, ...
Older adults with dementia who receive short-term courses of antipsychotic medications are more likely to be hospitalized or die than those who do not take the drugs, according to a new article.
... -term health declines and mortality. Wrosch and Schulz suggest that the use of these strategies can protect older adults' physical health, in part by preventing the failure of important biological ...
... -infected patient, it would mean an extra four months of life.
"This suggests that HIV screening for many older adults is indeed cost-effective, particularly for those who are sexually active," says ...
... neurological abnormalities found among disability-free older adults. The Italian study found that a higher number ... primary care physician, the doctors who see most older adults, sees 2,000 patients ...
... new, carefully validated questionnaire called Everyday Cognition (ECog), when filled out by someone who knows an older adult well, can sensitively evaluate the performance of everyday activities that ...
... that younger adults were more likely to commit to a situation if they had already invested money into it, and that older adults showed a more balanced fiscal perspective of the same situation.
To get ...
... existing mental function assessment may more effectively assess the risk of dementia in highly educated older adults, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/ ...
... Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. As the U.S. population ages, the number of older adults with osteoarthritis is increasing, according to background information in the article. The disease ...
... showing the benefits of resistance training in keeping older Australians in tip top form. Dr ... AgeFIT program, which aims to promote the physical well-being of older adult through resistance exercise. ...
... five years, the Environmental Protection Agency's Aging Initiative has provided opportunities for older adults to become environmental stewards in their own communities.
Additionally, older people ...
... system in mice, and if this effect were also present in humans, it could be significantly harmful in older adults by accelerating the loss of skeletal muscle, a condition called sarcopenia.
"This ...
