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That Time I Puked In My Purse In The Backseat Of My In-Law's Car
The wedding was fancier than I expected. As a girl from the country, most wedding receptions I'd attended had self-serve kegs and some form of dip, so this was different...
1 day ago - Scary Mommy
Calm Down, Folks - Prom And Homecoming Are Just Dances
One day in the spring of 1993, B.J. Gibbons stopped me in the hall after choir class. “Hey Annie,” he said. “Would you like to be my prom date?” Then I said, “Sure, that would...
1 day ago - Scary Mommy
Topsfield Fair Becomes First Dementia Friendly Fair in the Country on its 200th Anniversary
On it's 200th anniversary, the Topsfield Fair, the olderst agricultural fair in the country, will also be the first to become “Dementia Friendly.” Hundreds of staff and...
2 days ago - Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative
Reports Warn of Growing Senior Opioid Crisis
Millions of older Americans are now filling prescriptions for many different opioid medications at the same time, while hundreds of thousands are winding up in the hospital...
3 days ago - Web MD
Daily aspirin found to be useless for senior citizens. offers "no benefit" but imparts new risks
You've probably heard that an aspirin a day keeps the doctor away, and although this saying might have a nice ring to it, a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine...
3 days ago - Natural News - 3 articles
Dana Wins AAO Senior Achievement Award
Reza Dana, MD, MSc, MPH, director of the Cornea Service in Department of Ophthalmology and the Claes H. Dohlman Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School , received...
4 days ago - BWH
How do you get to be a "ridiculously healthy" senior citizen? Take care of your gut research has linked gut health to healthy aging
There is no secret to being “ridiculously healthy.” It can seem that way - given how obsessed we are with miracle creams and magic pills - but the truth is, natural ways trump...
6 days ago - Natural News - 2 articles
Why you should worry about your child snoring
Dr. Sabrina Kitaka, a senior paediatrician at Mulago Hospital, says snoring is not normal and if one notices that their child is snoring, the parent should seek the specialised...
9 days ago - Topix
Are Older Prostate Cancer Patients Overtreated?
$451 million spent on seniors with Gleason score of 6 or lower
9 days ago - MedPageToday
HS Seniors Pose As Pop Culture Icons For Coolest High School Tradition, Ever
The class of 2019 did not disappoint It's been a tradition at Michigan's North Farmington High School to dress up as their favorite pop culture icon for their school ID photos...
9 days ago - Scary Mommy
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Characteristics of Patients With Satisfactory Functional Gain Following...
Background and Purpose: Total joint arthroplasty is an effective and successful treatment of osteoarthritis of the hip and knee as quantified by several measures, such as pain...
Reproducible Measurements of Muscle Characteristics Using the MyotonPRO...
Background and purpose: The MyotonPRO is a portable device that measures muscle tone and biomechanical muscle properties objectively. MyotonPRO has already proven to be...
Balance Training With a Dynamometric Platform Following Total Knee...
Background and Purpose: Sensorimotor training has proven to be an efficient approach for recovering balance control following total knee replacement. The purpose of this trial...
Asymmetries Identified in Sit-to-Stand Task Explain Physical Function After...
Background: Several known demographic and functional characteristics combine to predict physical function after hip fracture. Long-term weight-bearing asymmetries, evident...
Influences of Age, Obesity, and Adverse Drug Effects on Balance and Mobility...
Background and Purpose: The adverse effects of drugs may influence results on tests of mobility and balance, but the drug-specific impact is not identified when using these...
Physical Performance Impairments and Limitations Among Hospitalized Frail...
Background and purpose: Early rehabilitation is important for frail older adults due to reduced reserve capacity and physical fitness. To facilitate individualized...
Physical and Nutritional Prehabilitation in Older Patients With Colorectal...
Background and Purpose: Sarcopenia and malnourishment are highly prevalent in older patients with colorectal cancer , who form a growing group of patients at risk of adverse...
New Laser-capture RNA Seq Technique Connects Parkinson's and Psychiatric...
Using laser-capture RNA seq technique scientists have cataloged more than 70,000 novel elements active in dopamine-producing brain cells.
Research finds a strict Mediterranean diet helps protect against aggressive...
Eating a Mediterranean diet can decrease the likelihood of aggressive prostate cancer for men, according to a study published in The Journal of Urology. In their findings, the...
Alzheimer's burden to DOUBLE by 2060, CDC report warns
As the American population both grows and ages, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that 13.9 million people will be diagnosed with Alzheimer's by 2060.