COVID Continues to Take a Toll, Especially Among Older Adults, Study Suggests
(MedPage Today) -- Despite the end to the public health emergency declaration in May 2023, COVID-19 continued to have a ...
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Older Americans Quit Weight-Loss Drugs in Droves
(MedPage Today) -- Year after year, Mary Bucklew strategized with a nurse practitioner about losing weight. "We tried exercise," like ...
Why am I feeling weaker as I get older?
This is likely due to a condition known as sarcopenia; however, this is not an inevitable part of ageing and ...
Frailty, depression in older adults may together account for 17 % of dementia risk: Study
The results highlight the complex links between frailty, depression, and cognitive function, the team added Source: Read full article at ...
Even mild Covid may leave blood vessels five years older
Researchers discovered that Covid accelerates blood vessel aging by about five years, especially in women. Even mild infections increased arterial ...
Teens driving older vehicles have increased risk for fatal crashes
Researchers reviewed US national fatal crash data (2016-2021) and examined the vehicle age and driver assistance technologies of vehicles driven ...
Insomnia and sleep medication use connected to disability in older adults
For adults over the age of 65, higher levels of both insomnia symptoms and sleep medication use were associated with ...
Exposure to air pollution may harm brain health of older adults
Long-term exposure to high levels of air pollution may harm the brain health of older adults in England, finds a ...
Sleepier during the day? For some older people, it's linked to twice the dementia risk
For women in their 80s, experiencing increasing sleepiness during the day over a five-year period is associated with double the ...
1 in 5 older adults get infections after heart surgery, and women have a 60% higher risk
One in five older adults gets an infection up to six months after heart surgery, and women are far more ...