News: Seniors & Aging


Sport Supplement May Help Shield Seniors From Falls      (HealthDay)
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by team on 19 November, 2008 02:02:51
 
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The dietary supplement 
beta-alanine (BA) -- widely used by athletes and body builders -- improves 
muscle endurance

Growth Hormone Boost May Not Slow Alzheimer's      (HealthDay)
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by team on 19 November, 2008 02:02:53
 
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A compound that boosts 
growth hormone levels in Alzheimer's patients may not slow the disease,  new
research

Sport Supplement May Help Shield Seniors From Falls      (HealthDay)
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by team on 19 November, 2008 11:02:59
 
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The dietary supplement 
beta-alanine (BA) -- widely used by athletes and body builders -- improves 
muscle endurance

Growth Hormone Boost May Not Slow Alzheimer's      (HealthDay)
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by team on 19 November, 2008 07:02:51
 
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A compound that boosts 
growth hormone levels in Alzheimer's patients may not slow the disease,  new
research

Gingko Biloba Does Not Prevent Alzheimer's      (Time.com)
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by team on 18 November, 2008 09:55:00
 
Time.com - In a large, definitive trial, researchers find that the popular
supplement gingko biloba does not prevent memory loss

Ginkgo biloba not useful in preventing dementia      (Reuters)
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by team on 18 November, 2008 11:50:09
 
Reuters - Although often billed as a memory and cognition enhancing product, the
medicinal herb Ginkgo biloba does not stave off cognitive decline or help

Ginkgo fails to prevent Alzheimer's in large study      (AP)
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by team on 18 November, 2008 12:03:26
 
AP - The dietary supplement ginkgo, long promoted as an aid to memory, didn't
help prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the longest and largest

Herbal supplement Ginkgo doesn't stop Alzheimer's      (Reuters)
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by team on 18 November, 2008 06:25:33
 
Reuters - The widely used herbal supplement Ginkgo biloba does not appear to
prevent Alzheimer's disease in healthy elderly people or those with mild
cognitive

Ginkgo No Shield Against Alzheimer's      (HealthDay)
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by team on 18 November, 2008 06:48:33
 
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Although commonly taken to 
improve memory, new research suggests that the herb ginkgo biloba won't  help
prevent

Robots May Come to Aging Boomers' Rescue      (HealthDay)
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by team on 18 November, 2008 06:48:48
 
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- In the not-so-distant future, 
American seniors may turn to helpful, uncomplaining robots to fill the 
worrisome "care