WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Most seniors have embraced “doc-in-a-box” strip mall clinics and urgent care centers as a means of getting prompt medical care, a new poll has found. About 60% of people ages 50 to 80 have visited an urgent care center or a retail healthContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Some slow-growing cases of leukemia don’t need constant surveillance by cancer specialists, a new study claims. Low-risk patients with slow-growing chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and no symptoms fared well even after they stopped seeing doctors for specialized blood tests, researchers report. The patientsContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Pregnancy transforms women’s bodies in many obvious ways, but new research suggests it may also accelerate aging. Women who had been pregnant appeared to be biologically older than women who had never carried a child, the genetic analysis revealed. Further, more pregnancies meantContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Younger generations are aging more rapidly, and this could be leading to an increased risk of cancer, a new study says. People born in or after 1965 are 17% more likely to be experiencing accelerated aging compared to seniors born between 1950 andContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Sticky fingers, runny noses: Little kids are sweet, but they can also pass on dangerous germs to loving grandparents, new research confirms. The study found that contact with pre-school and kindergarten-aged kids may be the leading transmission route for bacteria that can causeContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As their aging brains shrink, older dogs can suffer the same memory and thinking problems as many older humans do. But dogs are just like humans in another way — playtime and social activities can help preserve their brain function, a new studyContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A genetic mutation that boosts cell function could protect people against Alzheimer’s disease, even if they carry another gene mutation known to boost dementia risk. The newly discovered mutation appears to protect people who carry the APOE4 gene, which increases risk of Alzheimer’s,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Out of a host of possible risk factors for dementia, three really stood out in a new analysis: Diabetes, air pollution and alcohol. British and American researchers used brain scans to focus on a neurological network they labeled a “weak spot” in theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Seniors wound up with lower blood pressure after they were coached to get up and move more often, a new study says. Health coaching successfully reduced sitting time for a group of older adults by just over 30 minutes a day, according toContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — If you’re in your 60s, 70s or even older, you might think your days of productively pumping iron are behind you. That’s just not true, said Dr. Adil Ahmed, an assistant professor in the Joseph Barnhart Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Baylor College ofContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Lots of seniors are regularly taking low-dose aspirin in hopes of preventing heart attacks and strokes, even though updated guidelines often advise against it. About one in four older adults take aspirin at least three times a week, according to results from theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Dementia could three times more common among people suffering from essential tremor, a movement disorder that causes involuntary shaking, a new study suggests. “Not only do tremors affect a person’s ability to complete daily tasks such writing and eating, our study suggests thatContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Major surgery is a dicey proposition for many seniors, with a substantial number landing back in the hospital just weeks or months after their operation, a new study warns. Nearly one in eight seniors (12%) who undergo surgery are readmitted to the hospitalContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — School not only makes a person smarter, but it can also help them live longer, researchers report. People with more education tend to age more slowly and live longer lives compared to the less educated, the study found. Higher levels of education areContinue Reading