A study in the February 8 edition of JAMA shows that postmenopausal women who suffer from hormone receptor-positive breast cancer have a higher death risk of breast cancer as they get older. Background information in the article states that: “Breast cancer is the leading contributor to cancer incidence and cancer mortality in women […]
Filed under: Seniors on February 9th, 2012 | No Comments »
Research just published by a team of demographers at the social science research organization NORC at the University of Chicago contradicts a long-held belief that the mortality rate of Americans flattens out above age 80. It also explains why there are only half as many people in the U.S. age 100 and above than the […]
Filed under: Seniors on February 9th, 2012 | No Comments »
Oral contraceptives, sitting in a window seat, advanced age, and pregnancy increase DVT risk in long-distance travelers New evidence-based guidelines from the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) address the many risk factors for developing a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), or blood clot, as the result of long-distance travel…
More: continued here
Filed under: Seniors on February 9th, 2012 | No Comments »
In a surprising finding with significant implications for older women, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and NYU School of Medicine have found that high levels of triglycerides (blood fats) are the strongest risk factor for the most common type of stroke in older women - more of a risk factor […]
Filed under: Seniors on February 9th, 2012 | No Comments »
Baby boomers in the leading three English-speaking economies, the USA, UK and Canada, are being diagnosed at progressively higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), according to a report written by researchers from King’s College London, and Thomas’ Hospital London, in the Student British Medical Journal. The authors Dr…
More: continued here
Filed under: Seniors on February 5th, 2012 | No Comments »
Back problems are a highly prevalent health issue, and people with the condition have a significantly greater chance of retiring early from the workforce, much more so than for any other health condition…
More: continued here
Filed under: Seniors on February 3rd, 2012 | No Comments »
Although around two thirds of us would prefer to die at home, in the developed world the trend in recent years has been for the majority to spend their final days in an institutional setting…
More: continued here
Filed under: Seniors on January 24th, 2012 | No Comments »
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology published an article this week showing increased risk of falling over, for nursing home residents on anti depressants. Figures show that those with dementia who use standard doses of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are three hundred percent more likely to sustain an injury from falling, than similar people […]
Filed under: Seniors on January 24th, 2012 | No Comments »
Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that the likelihood of becoming disabled with age increases with the following factors: having a chronic condition or cognitive impairment; low physical activity; slower gross motor coordination; having poor lower-extremity function; and being hospitalized. Women are also more likely than men to become disabled in their later years…
More: […]
Filed under: Seniors on January 17th, 2012 | No Comments »
A new study by Johns Hopkins researchers published in the January issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, has revealed that thousands of U.S. senior citizens with kidney disease are good candidates for transplants and would be able to receive them if physicians would overcome past outdated medical biases and put these patients […]
Filed under: Seniors on January 16th, 2012 | No Comments »