Socializing may improve older adults’ cognitive function in daily life

Socializing may improve older adults’ cognitive function in daily life

Socializing with others is important for mental health and well-being, and it may help improve cogni...
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One in four older adults not asked about alcohol use

One in four older adults not asked about alcohol use

(HealthDay)—More than one-quarter of older adult...
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Older people are worse at learning to self-help, but just as good learning to help others

Older people are worse at learning to self-help, but just as good learning to help others

Older adults may be slower to learn actions and be...
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For older patients, focusing on what matters is often the best medicine

For older patients, focusing on what matters is often the best medicine

A woman in her 80s wanted to play with her great-g...
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‘I Can Breathe Again’: Older Adults Begin to Test Freedom After Covid Vaccinations

‘I Can Breathe Again’: Older Adults Begin to Test Freedom After Covid Vaccinations

With a mix of relief and caution, older adults ful...
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Study: Older multiple myeloma patients can be spared of long-term steroids

Study: Older multiple myeloma patients can be spared of long-term steroids

The combination of cancer therapy lenalidomide plu...
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Young adults have strokes for the same reason as older adults

Young adults have strokes for the same reason as older adults

Some of the same risk factors that cause strokes i...
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Study: 94% of older adults prescribed drugs that raise risk of falling

Study: 94% of older adults prescribed drugs that raise risk of falling

Nearly every older adult was prescribed a prescrip...
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Higher doses of vitamin D did not reduce falls in at risk older adults

Higher doses of vitamin D did not reduce falls in at risk older adults

A randomized trial found that, compared with a low...
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Older Latinas please stand up! Simple intervention encourages better health

Older Latinas please stand up! Simple intervention encourages better health

Overweight, sedentary, postmenopausal Latinas part...
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