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Facebook helps older people become more alert
Janelle Wohltmann, a graduate student at the University of Arizona psychology department, and the university's researchers, conducted an experiment with participants age…
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Harmful loneliness like smoking 15 cigarettes / day
British experts confirm the effects of loneliness on health are the same as the effects of obesity or smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
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Ultrasound helps treat tremor in older people
Shivering is a common syndrome in older people, with shaking hands increasing over time, like Parkinson's or multiple sclerosis.
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Mindful activities help older people stay alert
This is a new study published at the annual meeting of the North American Radiology Association in the United States.
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Hormone detection helps recall memory
A new study on elderly people said that feel-good hormone (a hormone that makes you happy) helps to recall memory.
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Аspirin slows down mental decline in the elderly
Using long-term acetilsalixylic acid (the active ingredient of aspirin), low doses have the effect of slowing down the intellectual decline of older women.
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Multivitamins help prevent cancer in the elderly
Daily multivitamins, the most popular supplement for dieters in the United States, have just been shown to be limited, though modest, cancer in some elderly people is ma…
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The secret of longevity of the oldest elderly woman in the world
Antisa Khvichava, a woman living in the village of Sachino (Russia) is considered the oldest person in the world when she died at the age of 132.
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Find out how to recover memory
Most people, the elderly, do not know that their memory has deteriorated. Experts Heidelberg University (Germany) has found a way to stop being forgotten because of age…
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Loneliness increases the risk of death in the elderly
Researchers from the University of California, USA conducted a long-term investigation from 2002-2008 to analyze data of more than 1,600 participants in the study. These…
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Frequent lack of sleep increases the risk of stroke
According to a study presented June 11 at the SLEEP 2012 conference, regular sleep less than 6 hours per night significantly increases the risk of stroke symptoms in mid…
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New findings on the effects of depression
Dr. Deborah E. Barnes of the University of California, San Francisco (USA) and colleagues examined medical data of 13,535 people and examined symptoms of depression in m…
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Finding the protein 'nocturnal'
Scientists from Kyoto University (Japan) have discovered Connexin43 protein is the cause of nocturia in the elderly. According to AFP, Japanese scientists investigated t…
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Bathtubs kill more people than traffic accidents
The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare decided to investigate deaths in the bathroom after statistics showed that the bath was a rather dangerous place in th…
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Mobility helps reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease
A recent study published in the journal Neurology shows that older people who are active as gardeners or housework are less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than th…