TUESDAY, July 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The world’s population is shifting, with a new analysis predicting it will peak in 2064 at around 9.7 billion people and fall to 8.8 billion by the end of the century. The United States will have population growth until just after mid-century (364Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Kids as young as age 8 can show signs of being at increased risk for diabetes in adulthood, a British study finds. Researchers analyzed blood samples collected from more than 4,000 participants at ages 8, 16, 18 and 25, looking for patterns specificContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) — It often seems the older a person gets, the less they sleep, but new research suggests that inconsistent sleep patterns might predict a future diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. Researchers who studied 2,930 older men for more than a decade found that those withContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — About 1 in 5 people worldwide has a least one underlying health condition that puts them at increased risk of severe COVID-19 illness, researchers say. While the analysis of data from 188 countries suggests that 22% of the world’s population, or 1.7 billionContinue Reading
SATURDAY, June 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) — If you’re older and you want to prolong your life, try volunteering, new research suggests. “Humans are social creatures by nature. Perhaps this is why our minds and bodies are rewarded when we give to others,” said lead investigator Eric Kim. He isContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Social restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic can be especially hard for people who can’t visit loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease who are in nursing homes. Despite an easing of restrictions, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says nursing homes shouldn’t allowContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 26, 2020 (HealthDay News) — No matter where you live, nursing homes and assisted living facilities are now lethal centers for COVID-19 in the United States. Im fact, nursing home residents and workers now comprise between 30% and 40% of all COVID-19 related deaths in the United States,Continue Reading
MONDAY, May 25, 2020 (HealthDay News) — People with physically demanding jobs take more sick leave. They also have higher unemployment rates and shorter work lives, a new Danish study finds. “This study showed that high physical work demands are a marked risk factor for a shortened expected working lifeContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) Young to middle-aged asthmatics who are hospitalized for COVID-19 are likely to be on a ventilator longer than patients without asthma, new research reports. Patients with asthma who were between 20 and 59 years of age needed a ventilator to help with breathing fiveContinue Reading
SATURDAY, May 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Insomnia may significantly increase the risk that older adults will be unable to shake off depression, researchers say. For the study, the investigators analyzed data on nearly 600 people over age 60 who visited primary care centers in New York City, Philadelphia andContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The coronavirus pandemic has led many older adults to postpone medical care, a new survey finds. The University of Chicago survey found that 55% of U.S. adults aged 70 and older experienced a disruption in their medical care during the first month ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — It’s clear that age and chronic disease make bouts of the pandemic coronavirus more severe — and even deadly — but obesity might also put even younger people at higher risk, a pair of new studies suggest. The researchers suspect that inflammation throughoutContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The coronavirus hits older people and those with chronic medical conditions hardest. But many of these folks didn’t take the virus seriously as the outbreak took off in the United States, a new study finds. Before stay-in-place orders were announced, investigators called nearlyContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The numbers are staggering: More than 3,600 nursing home and long-term care residents have died due to COVID-19 infections, with a huge number occurring in just the past two weeks. The stories are tragic: A California nursing home with more than a thirdContinue Reading