Science news articles about 'seniors'Seniors deserve break on pharmacare rates, opposition says
Nova Scotia's opposition parties want seniors to get a break on what they pay into the provincial drug plan.Calgary seniors' health information on stolen computers
Dozens of Calgary seniors are alarmed after learning their credit-card numbers, addresses and health-card numbers were stored on computers that were stolen recently.Vigorous Exercise Can Help Seniors Avoid Disability
Healthy seniors who are physically active and exercise for more than 60 minutes each week can lessen their chances of disability as they age, finds a new long-term study. "This study contributes to ... FDA: Older psych drugs have fatal risks in seniors
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors Monday that prescribing a certain group of psychiatric drugs to seniors suffering from dementia can increase their risk of death....New technology may prevent vitamin B12 deficient seniors and vegetarians from needing injections
... people are completely unaware they are B12 deficient and will eventually need treatment. Seniors and strict vegetarians are most at risk. Symptoms such as fatigue, constipation, loss of appetite and ... Seniors with type 2 diabetes may experience memory declines immediately after eating unhealthy meal
... healthier foods high in antioxidants, like fruits and vegetables," said Dr. Greenwood, a KLARU senior scientist at Baycrest.
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle that includes regular exercise, a low fat ... Senior pathologist testifies at cancer inquiry
A senior pathologist at a St. John's lab says no one officially told him that breast cancer testing problems had been uncovered at Eastern Health.Flu vaccine may not protect seniors well
... For instance, those studies looked only at pneumonia cases treated in a hospital. They also included seniors who had immune problems, which limit potential benefit from vaccination. And they didn't ... Health warnings failed to curb use of antipsychotic drugs in seniors: study
Three warnings from Health Canada on the risk of death and stroke among seniors taking antipsychotic drugs failed to reduce the prescription rates of those drugs, according to researchers who suggest ... Accept GM, urges senior African Union official
A senior African Union official has urged African leaders to allow commercial growing of GM crops.N.L. seniors home hooked on Wii
Residents of a senior citizens home in central Newfoundland are proving that a popular video-game system isn't just for kids.Seniors' exercise program ends as funding runs out
An exercise class for seniors in Cape Breton has petered out now that the funding is gone.Apple senior execs settle options case for $14M
(AP) -- Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs and several other senior executives and board members have agreed to settle a lawsuit that claimed the company was damaged by their role in Apple's mishandling of ... Colds and flu cut by one-third in study of Canada's top cold fighter in vaccinated seniors
... multi-centre trial involved 780 healthy seniors in four major Canadian cities who took the ... go hand in hand with cardiovascular problems in seniors. This result was obtained through assessing safety ... Gay seniors shunned by carers
Many non-heterosexual seniors in aged care services are going back in the closet after being shunned by their carers, new research has found.
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Seniors deserve break on pharmacare rates, opposition says
Nova Scotia's opposition parties want seniors to get a break on what they pay into the provincial drug plan.Calgary seniors' health information on stolen computers
Dozens of Calgary seniors are alarmed after learning their credit-card numbers, addresses and health-card numbers were stored on computers that were stolen recently.Vigorous Exercise Can Help Seniors Avoid Disability
Healthy seniors who are physically active and exercise for more than 60 minutes each week can lessen their chances of disability as they age, finds a new long-term study. "This study contributes to ...FDA: Older psych drugs have fatal risks in seniors
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors Monday that prescribing a certain group of psychiatric drugs to seniors suffering from dementia can increase their risk of death....New technology may prevent vitamin B12 deficient seniors and vegetarians from needing injections
... people are completely unaware they are B12 deficient and will eventually need treatment. Seniors and strict vegetarians are most at risk. Symptoms such as fatigue, constipation, loss of appetite and ...Seniors with type 2 diabetes may experience memory declines immediately after eating unhealthy meal
... healthier foods high in antioxidants, like fruits and vegetables," said Dr. Greenwood, a KLARU senior scientist at Baycrest. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle that includes regular exercise, a low fat ...Senior pathologist testifies at cancer inquiry
A senior pathologist at a St. John's lab says no one officially told him that breast cancer testing problems had been uncovered at Eastern Health.Flu vaccine may not protect seniors well
... For instance, those studies looked only at pneumonia cases treated in a hospital. They also included seniors who had immune problems, which limit potential benefit from vaccination. And they didn't ...Health warnings failed to curb use of antipsychotic drugs in seniors: study
Three warnings from Health Canada on the risk of death and stroke among seniors taking antipsychotic drugs failed to reduce the prescription rates of those drugs, according to researchers who suggest ...Accept GM, urges senior African Union official
A senior African Union official has urged African leaders to allow commercial growing of GM crops.N.L. seniors home hooked on Wii
Residents of a senior citizens home in central Newfoundland are proving that a popular video-game system isn't just for kids.Seniors' exercise program ends as funding runs out
An exercise class for seniors in Cape Breton has petered out now that the funding is gone.Apple senior execs settle options case for $14M
(AP) -- Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs and several other senior executives and board members have agreed to settle a lawsuit that claimed the company was damaged by their role in Apple's mishandling of ...Colds and flu cut by one-third in study of Canada's top cold fighter in vaccinated seniors
... multi-centre trial involved 780 healthy seniors in four major Canadian cities who took the ... go hand in hand with cardiovascular problems in seniors. This result was obtained through assessing safety ...Gay seniors shunned by carers
Many non-heterosexual seniors in aged care services are going back in the closet after being shunned by their carers, new research has found.