Seniors & Aging

Flu Deaths Higher Among Seniors With Dementia (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors with dementia are diagnosed with flu less often, have shorter hospital stays and are 50 percent

Surgery, Illness Not Linked to Mental Decline in Seniors (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Illness and surgery don't contribute to long-term cognitive decline in seniors and don't accelerate progression of dementia, ...

Tai Chi May Help Ward Off Knee Pain in Seniors (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Want to improve that osteoarthritis in your knee? New research suggests that regular Tai Chi exercise can ...

Tai Chi May Help Ward Off Knee Pain in Seniors (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Want to improve that osteoarthritis in your knee? New research suggests that regular Tai Chi exercise can ...

Medicare reverses billing change on Genentech drug (AP)

AP - Medicare officials are backing off a policy that pushed many doctors to use a $2,000 injectable drug for a potentially blinding eye disorder, ...

Human Evolution: Are Humans Still Evolving? (Time.com)

Time.com - Despite our stable agrarian society and medical advances that help us live into old age, the effects of natural selection are still at ...

Does Diabetes Slow Alzheimer's? (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- A French study finding that people with Alzheimer's disease and diabetes have less memory loss than those ...

Human Evolution: Are Humans Still Evolving? (Time.com)

Time.com - Despite our stable agrarian society and medical advances that help us live into old age, the effects of natural selection are still at ...

Human Evolution: Are Humans Still Evolving? (Time.com)

Time.com - Despite our stable agrarian society and medical advances that help us live into old age, the effects of natural selection are still at ...

Health reform moves to close U.S. Medicare drug gap (Reuters)

Reuters - Democratic leaders moved on Friday to build support among the elderly for a massive overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system, saying the measure ...

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