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Repairing Torn Muscles
Surgery to repair torn shoulder muscles in the elderly can reduce pain and improve function...Repairing torn shoulder muscles in elderly patients is often discouraged because of fears of complications... But a new study conducted at Rush University Medical Center has shown that minimally invasive, or arthroscopic, surgery can significantly improve pain and function...(click here to read rest of story)

Cancer News/The How and Why of Cancer Cells
Explaining “How & Why” Cancer Cells Eat Us Alive... They use stress to steal nutrients from nearby cells to survive, evolve, and spread...(click here to read rest of story)

Environments for Aging/Obesity Factors
Research explores Factors in Obesity... South Dakota State University researchers are using the tools of spatial analysis to explore nationwide data for insights on what influences obesity...(
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PAD/ PAD Awareness Month
Society for Vascular Medicine features Case Study, Special Section on Peripheral Artery Disease during PAD Awareness Month... One in 20 Americans over age 50 has Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), a condition that robs them of their independence and mobility by increasing the risk of heart attack, stroke, amputation and death...(click here to read rest of story)

Seniors' Dietary/
Vegetables Aid Lungs

Diverse Diet of Veggies may decrease Lung Cancer Risk... Adding a variety of vegetables to one’s diet may help decrease the chance of getting lung cancer, and adding a variety of fruits and vegetables may decrease the risk of squamous cell lung cancer, especially among smokers...(click here to read rest of story)

Seniors' Dietary/Cut Fatty Acids
Blood Pressure-Lowering Diet may also reduce risk of Heart Disease, especially in African-Americans...A new study suggests yet another reason for Americans to abandon their current fatty diets in favor of one rich in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fat...(click here to read rest of story)

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itamins, Nutrition/
Sustaining Market

Boomers and Health Conscious Consumers sustain U.S. Market for Nutritional Supplements... Whereas the world's economic problems have hit many industries hard, the nutritional supplement business has proved resilient on the strength of spending by the aging Baby Boomer population and other health conscious consumer cohorts who favor supplements as an affordable way to stay healthy compared to costly prescription drugs and preventable medical procedures...(click here to read rest of story)

Heart Health/Social Isolation
Social Isolation worsens Cardiac Arrest Effects on Heart Regulation...A new study in mice shows how social support can help minimize some of the worst physical damages to the brain caused by a heart attack...(click here to read rest of story)

Heart Health/Coronary Procedure Bleeding
Lower-Dose Heparin Use during Coronary Procedure does not  appear to reduce risk of major bleeding... Patients with acute coronary syndromes initially treated with the anticoagulant fondaparinux who underwent a coronary procedure (such as balloon angioplasty) and received a lower dose of the anticoagulant heparin during the procedure did not have a reduced rate of major bleeding and vascular access site complications...(click here to read rest of story)

Seniors' Addictions/Medicare Tobacco Counseling

Medicare expands coverage for Tobacco-Related Counseling...The Obama administration on Wednesday expanded Medicare to cover more seniors hoping to kick their tobacco habits...(click here to read rest of story)

Cancer/Nutritional Supplements
What you should know about Nutritional Supplements in ‘reducing’ Cancer Risks...Men and women should educate themselves and use caution before taking nutritional supplements to reduce their cancer risks, according to experts at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center...(click here to read rest of story)

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Pivotal study finds link between PTSD and dementia...More study needed to determine why veterans with PTSD are more at risk than others...Results of a study reported in the September issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society suggest that Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have a greater risk for dementia than Veterans without PTSD, even those who suffered traumatic injuries during combat...(click here to read rest of story)


Environments for Aging/Cognitive Decline Study
Brain Exercises may slow Cognitive Decline initially, but speed up Dementia later...New research shows that mentally stimulating activities such as crossword puzzles, reading and listening to the radio may, at first, slow the decline of thinking skills but speed up dementia later in old age...(click here to read rest of story)

 

Environments for Aging/Over 50 Attitude Towards Young People
 

Over 50? You probably prefer negative stories about young people... When given a choice, older people prefer to read negative news, rather than positive news, about young adults, a new study suggests...In fact, older readers who chose to read negative stories about young individuals actually get a small boost in their self-esteem, according to the results...And what about younger people?  Well, they just prefer not to read about older people...(click here to read rest of story)


Environments for Aging/Chinese Meditation Helpful
Chinese Meditation found to boost Brain Connectivity... Just 11 hours of learning a meditation technique induces positive structural changes in brain connectivity by boosting efficiency in a part of the brain that helps a person regulate behavior in accordance with their goals, researchers report...(click here to read rest of report)

 

Environments for Aging/Walking Aids Brain

Attention, couch potatoes! Walking boosts brain connectivity, function... A group of “professional couch potatoes,” as one researcher described them, has proven that even moderate exercise – in this case walking at one’s own pace for 40 minutes three times a week – can enhance the connectivity of important brain circuits, combat declines in brain function associated with aging and increase performance on cognitive tasks...(click here to read rest of story)

 

Cognitive Skills/Destination Amnesia
Older adults experience 'destination amnesia'......and over-confidence with false beliefs...Older adults are more likely to have destination memory failures – forgetting who they've shared or not shared information with, according to a new study led by Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute...(click here to read rest of story)


Caregiving/Home-based Intervention
Home-based intervention may provide some benefit to patients with dementia and their caregivers...An intervention that targeted modifiable stressors in the home of patients with dementia resulted in better outcomes for the patients and their caregivers at 4 months, but not at 9 months, although the caregivers perceived greater benefits, according to a study in the September 1 issue ofJAMA...(click here to read rest of story)

 

In the Community and Workplace/87-Year-Old Physician Honored
Physician, 87 and Blind, continues to do research... France has named Dr. Harry L. Messmore of Loyola University Health System a Knight of the Legion of Honor in recognition of his valor during World War II...Although Messmore has been blinded by macular degeneration and glaucoma, he continues to do research on blood thinning medications...(click here to read rest of story)

 

Boomers' News/Staying Calm about Retirement
Schwab Quarterly Retirement Survey finds relative calm amidst Pre-Retiree Baby Boomers... Charles Schwab, one of the country's leading providers of savings, investment and income solutions for people in or transitioning into retirement, today released the findings of its quarterly retirement pulse survey which reveals that baby boomers approaching retirement in today's rocky economic conditions have maintained a surprisingly stable view about their retirement prospects...(click here to read rest of story)


Seniors' Dietary/Healthy Eating Career Impact

Healthy Eating is a bigger issue than your waistline
... Eating healthy and living well is about more than your waistline...Most people think about the visible impacts that healthy eating have on our lives, yet fail to consider what poor dietary habits can do to our careers...(click here to read rest of story)

 

The Virtual Family/Older Americans, Social Media
Older Adults and Social Media...Social networking use among internet users ages 50 and older has nearly doubled -- from 22% to 42% over the past year...While social media use has grown dramatically across all age groups, older users have been especially enthusiastic over the past year about embracing new networking tools... Although email continues to be the primary way that older users maintain contact with friends, families and colleagues, many users now rely on social network platforms to help manage their daily communications -- sharing links, photos, videos, news and status updates with a growing network of contacts...(click here to read rest of story)

 

Rural Seniors/Luring Doctors Obstacles
Renewed effort to lure Doctors to Rural Areas faces obstacles Focusing on the case of a young doctor at the Southern Albermarle Family Practice in Esmont VA, The Washington Post reports about efforts to bring young primary care doctors to underserved areas, and the challenge of retaining them once there...(click here to read rest of story)

 

End-of-Life/Doctors' Religious Beliefs

Doctors' Religious Beliefs affect how they provide End-Of-Life Care...(click here to read rest of story)


Boomers/Remaining Loyal to Religion
Generation X more loyal to religion...Baby Boomers are 40 to 50 percent more likely to 'disaffiliate' from their faith...Generation X, the set of Americans who came of age in the late 1980s and early 1990s, is often branded as a rules-rejecting, authority-questioning group...But when it comes to religion, new research has revealed that Gen-Xers are surprisingly loyal to their faith – a finding that also suggests the rising non-religious tide in the United States may be leveling off...(click here to read rest of story)

Prescription Drugs/Brand-Name Prices Soar
Reactions from across the country to Drug price increases…will this ‘derail’ the Administration’s Healthcare legislation…NPR Report indicates we are returning to pre-Part D era as Seniors face splitting pills, doing without drugs…(click here to read rest of story)

AARP Study finds Popular Brand-Name Drug Prices far outstrip inflation, Brand Name Drug Retail Prices Skyrocketing ...AARP’s first-ever analysis of retail price trends of prescription drugs finds prices for widely used brand name drugs skyrocketed in 2009, climbing more than eight percent even as general inflation remained negative...The AARP Rx Price Watch report findings align with the Association’s earlier Rx Watchdog reports, which found similarly large increases in manufacturer prices for brand name drugs...(click here to read rest of story)

PhRMA was the snake  we tried to warn the President a year ago, and latest price increases prove it...Click here to read out blog at RxforAmericanHealth.blogspot.com as to why the 'deal' with PhRMA wouldn't work...

 

Alzheimer's/The Shriver Report
A Woman's Nation Takes on Alzheimer's... Maria Shriver, whose California Women's Conference is the preeminent forum by, for, and about American women, is joining with the Alzheimer's Association - the leader in Alzheimer's care, support and research -- to release The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Takes on Alzheimer's on October 15. The Shriver Report is a groundbreaking, comprehensive examination of the impact of Alzheimer's disease on American women as caregivers, advocates, and people living with the disease...(click here to read rest of story)


 

 

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