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elderly stories: 86 news summaries

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Don't Talk Down to Alzheimer's Patients: Docs

Trouble communicating leads to frustration, uncooperative behavior

Jul 28, 08 8:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even after they lose the ability to communicate easily, Alzheimer’s disease patients remain aware of the world around them and know when they're being talked down to, a study shows. Video evidence suggests patients are twice as likely to accept help from caregivers, and to not shut down or... More »

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elderly • dementia • video • scientific study • caregivers • scientific research • Alzheimer's Disease

 A Medical Frontier:
 100-Year-Olds In Surgery 

Doctors disagree on whether to operate on the 'late elderly'

Jul 18, 08 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Life expectancy in the United States keeps rising: more than 90,000 Americans have celebrated a 100th birthday, and experts foresee more than 1 million centenarians by 2050. As lifespans have grown, so too have medical efforts to treat the very old, from hip replacements to chemotherapy. But as the... More »

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health care • elderly • surgery • aging • heart surgery • geriatric medicine • centenarians

 GM Developing 
 Futuristic Windshield 

Looking forward to an aging driver, tech would compensate for poor eyesight

Jul 17, 08 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - America’s driving population is aging, and GM aims to do something to help older motorists: develop a high-tech windshield that compensates for declining eyesight, the AP reports. The system, now in the research phase, uses lasers and infrared sensors to identify hazards in the road—or perhaps the edge... More »

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elderly • General Motors • driving • auto technology • car safety • automobile • head-up display

Seniors Wield Canes in Martial- Arts Training

Exercise and self- defense meet in
'Cane Fu' classes

Jul 12, 08 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Call it cane fighting, combat cane or cane fu: in classes across the country, seniors are turning to a different kind of self-defense, the Wall Street Journal reports. While the practice serves as a healthy way to get exercise, it also provides comfort to elderly people interested in protecting themselves... More »

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elderly • fight • martial arts • self defense • retirement communities • seniors

 To Cheat Death, Eat Less 

15% reduction in your diet at age 25 could add 4½ years to your life, researchers think

Jul 9, 08 6:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Call it the Refrigerator of Youth: Eating less could add nearly 5 years to your lifespan, LiveScience reports. Even scholars dismissive of anti-aging hype concede that a more moderate eating approach could bear fruit. "There is plenty of evidence that calorie restriction can reduce your risks for many common... More »

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food • health • elderly • science • aging • youth • calories • lifespan • calorie restriction

Dems Ready to Slap McCain on Medicare Bill

GOP senator absent with 1 vote needed to save doctor payments

Jul 9, 08 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats are preparing to attack John McCain for hurting doctors, the elderly, and veterans—all by not showing up, The Hill reports. Medicare legislation to stave off a 10.6% cut in physician payments is one vote short in the Senate, and the presumptive GOP nominee, repeatedly absent when it... More »

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John McCain • elderly • Senate • Medicare • physician • American Medical Association • American College of Surgeons

Antipsychotic Drugs Triple Health Risks in Elderly

Dementia research finds even brief use is dangerous

May 27, 08 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elderly dementia patients given antipsychotic drugs, even briefly, are three times as likely to end up hospitalized or dead within a month, new research has found. The study looked at 40,000 elderly Canadians, half of them in nursing homes, and found that the drugs increased the risk of... More »

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elderly • dementia • antipsychotic drugs • nursing homes • Zyprexa • Alzheimer's Disease

 In Japan, Elders Outnumber Kids 

Too many senior citizens, not enough children means trouble ahead

May 6, 08 1:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Monday was Children’s Day in Japan, but the holiday has a bitter irony in a land where the number of children has been waning for 27 years. Kids account for only 13.5% of Japan’s population, while the elderly make up 22%, the Washington Post reports. More »

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elderly • Japan • children • population • birth rate • demographics

 Get Old, Get Happy 

Researchers find people get happier as they age

Apr 19, 08 5:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Happiness really does come with age, researchers have discovered in one of the widest-ranging studies ever of happiness in America. Measures of happiness steadily climbed among study participants into their mid-60s. Levels dipped only slightly after that, and people in their 80s still tended to be happier than people under... More »

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elderly • aging • old age • happiness • senior citizens

 Nursing Homes Pressure Patients to Forgo Lawsuits

Elderly required to sign away their right to sue

Apr 11, 08 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nursing homes are pushing patients to give up the right to sue, writing binding arbitration clauses into standard contracts for admission, the Wall Street Journal reports. The homes say the practice lets them concentrate resources on care instead of costly litigation, which soared in the '90s, but critics charge that... More »

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elderly • nursing homes • lawsuit • arbitration • litigation

Older (White) Americans Live Longer, Larger

Study sees age, wealth increasing, but gap remains between races

Mar 28, 08 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Americans over age 65 have better financial security, are better educated and expected to live far longer than ever, a study finds—but huge gaps remain between results for whites and those for blacks and Latinos. "The life expectancy gap between whites and blacks has narrowed but is still... More »

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obesity • race • elderly • aging • racial inequality • National Institute on Aging • senior citizens

Mental Decline Strikes 1/3
of Seniors

Alzheimer's will afflict
1 in 8 baby boomers, report projects

Mar 18, 08 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cognitive problems ranging from forgetting what day it is to full-blown dementia are affecting one-third of the nation's seniors, reports a new study by the National Institute on Aging. The report says 22% of those over 71 have mild impairment, added to 16% suffering dementia, the Washington Post reports. An... More »

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elderly • dementia • public health • aging • cognitive decline • old age • eldercare • National Institute on Aging • Alzheimer's Disease

Americans Get More Liberal With Age

Long-term study
shows elders
trending left

Mar 10, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The older a person gets, the more conservative he or she is likely to be, right? Wrong, say scientists who studied more than 46,000 people who responded to a US government survey from 1972 to 2004. In fact, a lead researcher tells LiveScience, "More people are changing in... More »

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elderly • age • conservative • list • sociology • liberal • age discrimination • senior citizens

Robot Dogs Cheer Up Elderly

Study says robo-mutt relieved loneliness as effectively as a real dog

Mar 1, 08 8:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Robot dogs are almost as effective as the real thing in cheering up elderly nursing home residents, a new study at St. Louis University has found. Once the patients had some time to get used to him, researchers say robot mutt AIBO lowered loneliness levels about as well as a... More »

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elderly • nursing homes • robot • robotics • loneliness • dog

'Miracle' HGH's Awful Truth: It May Not Work

Testimonials aside, study shows hormone benefits few patients

Feb 20, 08 12:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Here’s the list of people human growth hormone is proven to help: the elderly, AIDS and tuberculosis patients, and people with hormone deficiencies. Baseball players aren’t on that list, Newsweek reports, and neither are thousands of ordinary people who believe HGH slows the aging process. “There’s... More »

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elderly • steroids • Roger Clemens • Andy Pettitte • human growth hormone • studies • health research • performance-enhancing drugs

Rock on!
EU May
Extend Song
Copyrights

Ditties from Beatles, Who, Stones at play

Feb 15, 08 8:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Early hits from the Beatles and the Stones are only a few years away from falling out of copyright and into the public domain, but the European Commission wants to change that and keep royalties flowing to rock stars in their golden years, reports the Times of London. Plans to... More »

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elderly • copyright law • Rolling Stones • rock stars • European Union • copyright • Beatles • European Commission • rock music • The Who

Century Mark Within Reach
for Many

Healthy habits boost chances of living to
100, even with illness

Feb 12, 08 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Even people with heart disease or diabetes can hit the century mark if they take care of themselves, two new studies say. The trick for living to 100 is managing illness well enough to stay independent. "It's kind of a threesome: get more years, better years, and better function,... More »

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elderly • Boston • science • lifestyle • healthy habits • Harvard • longevity • health research

Green Veggies May Fight Alzheimer's

Study links low folate levels, elevated dementia risk

Feb 5, 08 4:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Folic acid, already known to help prevent birth defects, may play a role in the development of dementia, the BBC reports. Elderly subjects with low levels of folate in their blood were three times more likely than people with normal levels to develop dementia, a South Korean study found . But... More »

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elderly • dementia • vegetables • antioxidants • folic acid • health research • folates • vitamin B • Alzheimer's Disease

Lead Exposure May Speed Mental Decline

Build-up of pollutants seen contributing to memory loss in elderly

Jan 28, 08 1:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Mental decline is widely considered an unavoidable aspect of aging, but a slew of recent studies link reduced functioning in the elderly to past lead exposure, the AP reports. Common pollutants aren't singlehandedly responsible for memory loss or tremors. But breathing or ingesting lead, pesticides, or mercury early in life... More »

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memory • elderly • mental health • poison • lead • lead paint

Vomiting Bug Still Has UK
on Its Knees

Nasty norovirus has now hit 3M; cases
could spike again

Jan 12, 08 1:53 PM CST
(Newser) - A vicious bug that causes days of vomiting and diarrhea continues to wreak havoc in the UK, striking down 3 million Brits so far this winter, the Telegraph reports. Experts warn that with many returning to school and work after the holidays this week, the norovirus, which is potentially deadly... More »

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elderly • illness • virus • Britain • school holidays • winter • norovirus

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