Category Archives: Senior’ Health
Hunger Among Seniors In The USA Rose 78% In Ten Years
8.3 million (14.85%) seniors in the United States face the threat of hunger, say researchers at the University of Illinois. From 2001 to 2010, the incidence of hunger among seniors has risen by 78%, and by 34% since the onset of the recession in 2007…
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Dementia Sufferers More Likely To Die At Home Than In Nursing Homes
A new study from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University has found that, at time of death, individuals with dementia are more likely to be living at home than in a nursing home. This contradicts the commonly held view that most individuals with dementia in the United States eventually move to nursing homes and die there…
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The Naked Mole-Rat’s Good Health Likely Tied To Effective Removal Of Damaged Proteins
The naked mole-rat, a curiously strange, hairless rodent, lives many years longer than any other mouse or rat. Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio’s Barshop Institute of Longevity and Aging Studies continue to explore this mystery…
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Genes And Vascular Risk Modify Effects Of Aging On Brain And Cognition
Efforts to understand how the aging process affects the brain and cognition have expanded beyond simply comparing younger and older adults. “Everybody ages differently…
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Topical Aganirsen Found To Be Active In Retinal Disease
Gene Signal, a company focused on developing innovative drugs to manage angiogenesis based conditions, has announced that positive data from a study of aganirsen (GS-101, eye drops) in a nonhuman primate model of choroidal neovascularization has been presented at the 2012 ARVO Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida…
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In Mouse Model, Delayed Female Sexual Maturity Linked To Longer Lifespan
An intriguing clue to longevity lurks in the sexual maturation timetable of female mammals, Jackson Laboratory researchers and their collaborators report. Jackson researchers including Research Scientist Rong Yuan, Ph.D., had previously established that mouse strains with lower circulating levels of the hormone IGF1 at age six months live longer than other strains…
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Mouse Model Of Delirium Helps Researchers Understand The Condition’s Causes
A new mouse model of delirium developed by Wellcome Trust researchers has provided an important insight into the mechanisms underlying the condition, bringing together two theories as to its causes. Details of the research are published in the Journal of Neuroscience. Delirium is a profound state of mental confusion which can include hallucinations and severe mood swings…
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Older Adults With Diabetes Live Long Enough To Benefit From Interventions And Research
Middle-aged and older adults with diabetes showed substantial survival rates in a new University of Michigan Health System study of retirees. Survival rates were strong even for adults living in nursing homes or who have multiple health issues like dementia and disabilities that make self-managed care for diabetes difficult…
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