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New study aims to understand surrogate decision challenges for LGBT patients with Alzheimer's
Facing Alzheimer's disease in a loved one is challenging under any circumstances but may be even more challenging when the patient is lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender .
6 days ago - News Medical - 2 articles
Win a Dude Ranch Vacation in Random Drawing
Discover the luxuries of silence, the wind on your face and the stars shining brightly at Elkhorn Ranch, Arizona
7 days ago - Healthy Aging
The perils of space travel: Study on mice shows spaceflight negatively affects cartilage, damage linked to osteoarthritis
Space travel is rough on the health of astronauts. Among the many health problems they experience, a new study has warned that astronauts also face the risk of cartilage loss...
1 month ago - Natural News
Aducanumab About-face: Experts Weigh In
There's mixed reaction among Alzheimer experts following the recent announcement by the drug company Biogen that it will pursue regulatory approval of its investigational drug...
1 month ago - Medscape
How Training For a Half-Marathon - and Then a Full - Helped Me Overcome My Grief
I started running when I lost my grandma earlier this year. She had Stage 7 Alzheimer's, and though my yiayia was no longer the same person I had known my entire life, we...
1 month ago - PopSugar
Study finds heightened risk of adverse financial outcomes prior to Alzheimer's diagnosis
Prior to an Alzheimer's diagnosis, a person in the early stages of the disease faces a heightened risk of adverse financial outcomes -; a likely consequence of compromised...
1 month ago - News Medical - 2 articles
Stop Me if You've Heard This One: A Robot and a Team of Irish Scientists Walk Into a Senior Living Home
It's karaoke-rehearsal time at Knollwood Military Retirement Community, a 300-bed facility tucked away in a leafy corner of northwest Washington, D.C. Knollwood resident and...
1 month ago - Time
Amyloid About-Face: Aducanumab Effective for AD After All?
Earlier this year two phase 3 trials of aducanumab for Alzheimer's disease were scrapped - but in a surprising about-face, new data from the studies put the drug back on the...
1 month ago - Medscape - 2 articles
If You Only Use ONE Anti-Aging Ingredient, Make It Retinol
Whether you're a beauty product noob or you've been slathering your face with lotions and potions since you were in middle school, you're definitely familiar with the...
1 month ago - Scary Mommy
New Report Shows Widening Housing Inequality Among Older Adults
Housing inequality is becoming increasingly evident among older Americans as the number of older households climbs to unprecedented levels, according to Housing America's Older...
1 month ago - Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative
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Validity of Visual Assessment of Sit to Stand After Hip Fracture
Background and Purpose: When treating older adults post-hip fracture, physical therapists routinely assess the sit-to-stand task using observational analysis. Studies have...
Alzheimer's Investigational Drug Candidates Reverse Aging
Salk researchers show how two experimental Alzheimer's drugs protect the brains of mice from other aspects of aging.
Great International Recognition to Simon Bekker-Jensen
Professor Simon Bekker-Jensen has been given one of the very prestigious ERC Consolidator Grants. The...
Did Emily Cross The Line With Her Age-Shaming Comment on ‘RHOC'?
On this week's episode of ‘RHOC,' Emily Simpson called her ‘Housewives' cast-mates ‘senior citizens' Real Housewives of Orange County ‘s Emily Simpson has had quite the season...
Alzheimer's hope as scientists find a way to reverse symptoms by disrupting...
The proteins amyloid beta and tau work together and hamper brain messaging, researchers at the University of Edinburgh found after looking at brain tissue from mice and humans.
Validity and Reliability of Jump Height Measurements Obtained From...
Background and Purpose: Vertical jump is commonly used to assess lower extremity power in athletic populations. A portable device called the VERT has been validated for this...
Assessment of Gait Speed in Older Adults
Background and Purpose: Gait speed is an important measure of functional ability and has been widely used in older adults as an indicator of frailty. However, the diversity in...
My Anxiety Was Unbearable During My Senior Year of College - Here's How I Coped
For as long as I can remember, I've worried constantly. As a kid, I worried about school, my social life, my looks, my family. Everything. It wasn't until I was about 12 or 13...
Natto Intake is Inversely Associated with Osteoporotic Fracture Risk in...
ABSTRACTBackgroundThe direct association between intake of Japanese fermented soybeans, namely natto, and bone mineral density is known. However, the association with...
Study may help explain why deep-brain stimulation does not work for everyone
People with severe Parkinson's disease or other neurological conditions that cause intractable symptoms such as uncontrollable shaking, muscle spasms, seizures, obsessive...