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TBI may increase risk for dementia, Alzheimer's disease
Results from a nationwide cohort study in Denmark of more than 2 million people aged 50 years and older showed that those who sustained a traumatic brain injury were 24% more...
9 days ago - Healio - 5 articles
Age-Friendly Funding Opportunity Round-up
Proof of momentum in the Age-Friendly movement can be seen with new communities joining the network of cities and towns, but also with the funding opportunities that advance...
15 days ago - Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - 2 articles
Register for ‘A Map Through the Maze' Dementia Care Conference
Celebrating its 25th year, A Map Through the Maze , a practical based Alzheimer's and dementia care conference, offers professionals a unique opportunity to learn current and...
16 days ago - Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative
Validity and Reliability of a Portable Balance Tracking System, BTrackS, in Older Adults
Background and Purpose: Falls are the leading cause of disability, injury, hospital admission, and injury-related death among older adults. Balance limitations have...
28 days ago - LWW
Geriatrics Models of Care: Bringing 'Best Practice' to an Aging America
This book describes geriatrics practice models that are used to guide the care of older adults, allowing seniors to remain at home, prevent functional disability and preserve...
1 month ago - Aurora Health Care
Menopause May Worsen Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms
While rheumatoid arthritis rates in women are three times higher than in men, and women with RA have more severe physical decline and disability, sex-based differences in RA...
2 monthes ago - Web MD
Mechanism of familial Parkinson's disease clarified in fruit fly model
Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, with up to 10 million people affected worldwide. PD is characterized by progressive increase in...
2 monthes ago - ScienceDaily
Influences of Resistance Training on Physical Function in Older, Obese Men and Women With Sarcopenia
Background and Purpose: Sarcopenic obesity is associated with disability, gait problems, and falls. Activities of daily living such as walking and climbing stairs are...
3 monthes ago - LWW - 3 articles
Criterion-Referenced Values of Grip Strength and Usual Gait Speed Using Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Disability as the Criterion
Background and Purpose: Current evidence suggests that grip strength and usual gait speed are important predictors of instrumental activities of daily living disability...
3 monthes ago - LWW - 3 articles
Postcard from Sacramento: Alzheimer's ‘looks like me, it looks like you'
Until last year, Jackie Coleman was a disability rights lawyer - a good one, too.
3 monthes ago - News Medical
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Concussions of Severe Type can Increase the Risk of Parkinson's Disease
Concussions from Football and accidental injury can increase the risk of Parkinson's disease, finds a new study. These injuries from the concussion have been linked to 56...
Teen Invites The Rock To Her Prom And His Response Is The Absolute Best
The Rock made sure this teen would be the envy of her whole school Can we please just elect Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson president? I'd also settle for just meeting him once...
Acupuncture helps alleviate menopausal symptoms
Most older women will tell you menopause is a difficult stage in life. They experience hot flashes, night sweats, irregular periods, and a loss of libido, among others. These...
How Glucose Monitors Affect Healthcare Spending
Continuous glucose monitors offer benefits to type 1 diabetes patients, such as measuring glucose in real time, but can be costly. However, a new study , published April 12...
'Healthy' toddler, 3, is battling a devastating condition similar to ALZHEIMER'S
Single mother Elaine Fisher, 38, of Dudley, West Midlands, has been left 'mourning' following the heartbreaking diagnosis of her daughter, Holly, with Niemann-Pick Type C.
"Beet" it! A compound found in this superfood may help slow Alzheimer's
You can now add one more benefit to eating beets - that is, slowing down the progress of Alzheimer's disease. According to a study, the extracts of beets contain a compound...
Early Warning Signs of Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's disease is a tricky disease, in that the first symptoms don't even develop until 80% of the damage that causes the disease has already occurred. As a result...
Evolutionary history of tumor helps predict severity of prostate cancer
Findings from Canadian Prostate Cancer Genome Network researchers and their collaborators, published today in Cell, show that the aggressiveness of an individual prostate...
ReSTOR 2.5 combined with ReSTOR 3.0 reduces glare and halos, need for...
John A. Hovanesian WASHINGTON - Patients who underwent cataract surgery and received a ReSTOR 2.5 D multifocal IOL in their dominant eye and a ReSTOR 3.0 D IOL in the fellow...
VIDEO: Compounding critical to patient care in ophthalmology
WASHINGTON ― At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting here, Bret L. Fisher, MD, discusses the importance of compounding pharmacies in offering...