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Watch the Walk and Prevent a Fall

FALLS are so harmful to the elderly and so costly to society that if falling were a disease, it would be deemed an epidemic.

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Related Topix: Family, Elderly, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Medicine, Business News

Sat Nov 07, 2009

The Hindu

MedIndia launches pre-screening cancer clinic

Senior neurologist Krishnamoorthy Srinivas receives the MedIndia Oration Award from Managing Director of The Hindu N.Murali at a function in Chennai on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Religion, Hindu, Medicine

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune

Register for free seminar on behavior changes in the elderly

Dr. Suzanne Walters- Castillo, from the Department of Professional Development, Programs on Aging, UW-Madison, will present a seminar on "Behavior Changes in the Elderly and their impact on families." The Wisconsin Rapids session will be held from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nov.

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Related Topix: Family, Elderly, Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Medicine

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Examiner.com

November is Adopt-a-Senior-Dog-Month

Our companion animals rocket through infancy in six short months, struggle though an adolescence that seems like forever but it's actually only 12 to 18 months, and then reach that plateau known as adulthood - ages 2 to 8. Different breeds of dogs age at different rates, with large breeds aging more rapidly than toy breeds.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Arthritis, Health

LiveScience

Health Benefits of Moderate Drinking Challenged

Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol for good health - as reflected in the hopes of raised glasses since time immemorial and validated scientifically in recent years - has been challenged in a new study by researchers in Italy, where, mind you, criticizing wine is tantamount to blasphemy.

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Related Topix: Italy, World News, Medicine

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Iowa City Press-Citizen

Geriatric health services are needed in Iowa

A recent report from the University of Iowa Center on Aging found a startling gap between the growing number of people who need geriatric health care services and the limited supply of those services in the state.

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Related Topix: Iowa, Medicine, Iowa Government, University of Iowa, Iowa Center, IA, Long Term Care, Health

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Newindpress

Geriatric wards to be set up at major hospitals

Chief Minister K Rosaiah receiving a copy of book on Geriatrics from MLA P. Shankar Rao, who is also the president of Geriatric Society, at the 13th a Express News Service First Published : Last Updated : HYDERABAD: Here is some good news for senior citizens.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Care for your body and your brain

Barbara Bruce entertains the adults in her Mental Aerobics class by balancing a peacock feather on her finger.

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Related Topix: Aerobics, Fitness, Medicine, Rochester Metro, Alzheimer's, Health, University of Rochester, Video Games

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Circulation

Differential Impact of Lacunes and Microvascular Lesions on...

From Department of Psychiatry , Department of Geriatrics , University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine of Geneva, Belle-Ide, Geneva, Switzerland; 1st Department of Psychiatry , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece; Service of Old Age Psychiatry , Department of Psychiatry, Hospices-CHUV, University of Lausanne School of ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Greece, World News

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Portland's CW32 KRCW -TV

Conflicting Advice on Cancer Tests

Arthur Cohen was a healthy, active 85-year-old when his Toronto doctor recommended a colonoscopy to check for early signs of colorectal cancer.

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Related Topix: Colorectal Health, Medicine, Health, Skokie, IL, Cervical Cancer, Colon Cancer

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Archives General Psychiatry

Book and Media Reviews: Hazzard's Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology

Hazzard's Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology Edited by Jeffrey B. Halter, Joseph G. Ouslander, Mary E. Tinetti, Stephanie Studenski, Kevin P. High, and Sanjay Asthana 6th ed, 1634 pp, $210.95 New York, NY, McGraw-Hill Inc, 2009 ISBN-13: 978-0-0714-8872-3 JAMA.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Newswise

Older Patients with Dementia at Increased Risk for Flu Mortality

An epidemiological study on pneumonia and influenza in adults age 65 and over reports that patients with dementia are diagnosed with flu less frequently, have shorter hospital stays, and have a fifty percent higher rate of death than those without dementia.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Influenza, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Tufts University, Family, Elderly

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Archives Internal Medicine

Impact of a Comanaged Geriatric Fracture Center on Short-term Hip Fracture Outcomes

Background Hip fractures are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality for older adults.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Surgery

Sun Oct 25, 2009

EurekAlert!

Aerobic exercise no big stretch for older adults but helps elasticity of arteries

Just three months of physical activity reaps heart health benefits for older adults with type 2 diabetes by improving the elasticity in their arteries - reducing risk of heart disease and stroke, Dr.

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Related Topix: Stroke, Medicine, Rap, Yoga, Fitness

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Archives General Psychiatry

Book and Media Reviews: American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of...

American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias Edited by Myron F. Weiner and Anne M. Lipton 4th ed, 557 pp, $125 Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Publishing, 2009 ISBN: 978-1-5856-2278-8 JAMA.

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Related Topix: Dementia, Health

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Rehab Management

NHC Announces Physical Therapy Geriatric Residency Program

National HealthCare Corporation, Murfreesboro, Tenn, reports that the NHC Geriatric Clinical Residency Program for physical therapists has received accreditation through the American Physical Therapy Association .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Murfreesboro, TN, Middle Tennessee State University, Tennessee State University

Lincoln-Way Sun

Brains, Bones, Hips

Fifteen years ago, Sandy Peterson's father-in-law had back pain so severe he walked with a bend.

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Related Topix: Back Pain, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicine

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Ahwatukee Foothills News

Pappya s Home Care: In the business of compassion

When loved ones reach an age where they can no longer care for themselves family members want to know that they are in good hands, and local business Pappy's Home Care provides its clients with compassion that is not easy to come by in the senior care business.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Nature Publishing Group

Acyclic retinoid inhibits angiogenesis by suppressing the MAPK pathway

E-mail: skojima@postman.riken.go.jp Received 3 February 2009; Revised 20 July 2009; Accepted 31 July 2009; Published online 19 October 2009.

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Related Topix: World News, Japan, Medicine,

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Archives General Psychiatry

Original Article: Geriatric Thyroidectomy: Safety of Thyroid Surgery in an Aging Population

Objective To ascertain whether there are incremental risks associated with thyroid surgery in the elderly population.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Surgery

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