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Study finds daily multivitamin supplements improved memory and slowed cognitive aging in older adults

Written by | 30 May 2023

Few effective strategies have been shown in randomized clinical trials to improve memory or slow cognitive decline among older adults. Nutritional interventions may play an important role because […]

Dramatic improvement in the prevalence of disabilities among older Americans since 2008

Written by | 8 Feb 2023

The prevalence of disabilities among American adults aged 65 and older is much lower than it was for the same age group a decade earlier, according to a […]

No proven health impact of free primary care from age 85 in Sweden

Written by | 14 Dec 2022

Introducing copayment elimination in primary care in Sweden for the over-85s has not caused a rise in the number of health care visits. In terms of achieving the intended […]

Significant number of seniors rely on failing public transit systems to get to medical appointments

Written by | 31 Oct 2022

About 1 in 10 seniors who live in cities reported that they use public transportation, and 20 percent of older transit users said they relied on trains and […]

Study explores links between people taking multiple medications and dementia diagnosis

Written by | 13 Oct 2022

People with dementia are likely to have taken more than three medications for other health conditions in the five years directly before their diagnosis, according to new research. […]

Daily multivitamin may improve cognition and possibly protect against decline

Written by | 27 Sep 2022

Could taking a daily multivitamin help maintain cognitive health with aging and possibly prevent cognitive decline? According to new research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine, conducted in collaboration […]

Risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s disease increases by 50-80% in older adults who caught COVID-19

Written by | 24 Sep 2022

Older people who were infected with COVID-19 show a substantially higher risk—as much as 50% to 80% higher than a control group—of developing Alzheimer’s disease within a year, […]

Efforts to save money on prescription drugs associated with increased stroke risk for seniors

Written by | 12 Aug 2022

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major risk factor for stroke, and for decades the anticoagulant warfarin was the standard treatment for lowering that hazard. However, numerous drug and […]

Pharmacist-based deprescribing successfully reduced older adults’ exposure to anticholinergic drugs

Written by | 22 Jul 2022

Anticholinergics, a class of drugs frequently prescribed for depression, urinary incontinence and many other conditions common in older adults, affect the brain by blocking acetylcholine, a nervous system […]

Sight problems may increase dementia risk in older adults

Written by | 29 Jun 2022

Older adults with untreated sight conditions may be at increased risk of dementia, according to a new systematic review and meta-analysis of 16 studies involving 76,373 participants. The […]

Older adults more likely to have multiple health ailments than prior generations

Written by | 24 Jun 2022

Later-born generations of older adults in the United States are more likely to have a greater number of chronic health conditions than the generations that preceded them, according […]

Older adults with rheumatoid arthritis still undermedicated, despite aggressive guidelines

Written by | 27 May 2022

Despite guidelines that call for early and aggressive treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, a new study suggests many older adults are not prescribed disease-modifying medications for their inflammatory autoimmune […]

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