A newly released study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds four drug types are responsible for the majority of hospitalizations of older Americans each year. Among the 100,000 drug-related emergency hospitalizations within the U.S. senior demographic each year, two-thirds of these are tied to warfarin, the well-known blood-thinning drug; insulin; oral [...]
Study: Sexually Active Seniors Happier
Newly released research has found a direct link between the sex lives of seniors and the degree of happiness they say they have with their lives and their marriage. A 2004 survey of 238 individuals aged 65-plus analyzed by Adrienne Jackson, assistant professor, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, found “frequency of sexual activity was a [...]
American Nonagenarian Population to Quadruple by 2050
The population of Americans aged 90-plus nearly tripled in the past three decades, reaching 1.9 million in 2010, according to a new report released by the U.S. Census Bureau and supported by the National Institute on Aging. Those in the 90-plus age range represent 4.7% of the 65-and-older population in the U.S., according to the [...]
Advanced Research Technology Could Help Prevent Falls
Aerospace simulation technology may help medical researchers better understand how and why people fall. The iDAPT Centre for Rehabilitation Research, which opened this week in Toronto, is considered one of the most technologically advanced rehabilitation research centers. It provides researchers with safe and controlled settings in which they are able to recreate those environmental challenges [...]
Medicare Co-Pay for Rxes Expected to Rise
With mere weeks remaining for Medicare recipients to update their prescription coverage in the Medicare Annual Enrollment Period, seniors must carefully weigh their options, particularly if Part D co-payments increase as predicted. Co-payments for preferred brand-name drugs should increase by an average of 40% in 2012 — from an average of $29.01 to $40.60 next [...]
Physical Fitness Tied to Brain Health in Older Adults
We all know members of the older set who are amazingly fit physically. A friend of mine’s father played a vicious game of tennis well into his early 80′s, for example. Seniors may be doing themselves more good than they thought by making that lifestyle choice. A new study from the University of Arizona has [...]
Prevent Vision Loss With Early Detection and Treatment
One of the leading causes of vision impairment is age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Research to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Nature Genetics indicates that a genetic mutation could be responsible for some cases of AMD. Experts at Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have [...]
Aspirin Tied to Loss of Vision in Seniors
According to a recently released study from the Netherlands, seniors who take aspirin daily have a much greater risk of late-stage macular degeneration, a vision issue known to be age-related. Fox News brings us the details: Researchers led by Paulus de Jong at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Academic Medical Center collected health and lifestyle information from [...]
“Weigh-ty” Issues: Menopause and Breast Cancer
A new study recently published in the journal Menopause indicates that women who exercise frequently and eat a heart-healthy diet might reach menopause earlier. Researchers at Gifu University in Japan tracked approximately 3,100 pre-menopausal women over 10 years and found that those who exercised the most were 17% more likely to reach menopause before their [...]
Falling Down: Harder Than It Used To Be
Falls assume a new magnitude as one ages. The risk of injury, not to mention the long-term problems afterward, can be daunting for those who don’t heal as well or as rapidly as they used to. This becomes even more disturbing when you start to look at how many senior injuries come from taking a [...]
