http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- Have you ever noticed that people have thinner arms and legs as they get older? As we age it becomes harder to keep our muscles healthy. They get smaller, which decreases strength and increases the likelihood of falls and fractures. New research is showing how this happens -- and what to do about it. http://www.physorg.com/news171884331.html Medicine & Health Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:50:01 EST news171884331 (PhysOrg.com) -- A Queensland University of Technology researcher is looking for volunteers to take part in a study aimed at making contemporary appliances such as dvd players and mobile phones more usable for the elderly. http://www.physorg.com/news171610284.html Technology Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:32:24 EST news171610284 (PhysOrg.com) -- Supplementing obese rats with the nutrient carnitine helps the animals to clear the extra sugar in their blood, something they had trouble doing on their own, researchers at Duke University Medical Center report. http://www.physorg.com/news169300987.html Chemistry Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:10:48 EST news169300987 (AP) -- New test results show what scientists have suspected - people in their 60's and older have greater immunity to the new swine flu virus. http://www.physorg.com/news162129179.html Medicine & Health Thu, 21 May 2009 12:53:17 EST news162129179 Spending more time in the sunshine could help older people to reduce their risk of developing heart disease and diabetes. http://www.physorg.com/news161268225.html Medicine & Health Mon, 11 May 2009 13:44:13 EST news161268225 As many as one in six people who took part in a study of older people who live at home were under-nourished and at risk of malnutrition, according to the May issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing. http://www.physorg.com/news160910859.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 May 2009 10:28:06 EST news160910859 Fear may create walking difficulties in a short period of time. Fear of moving outdoors is very common among older people and increases the risk of developing self-reported difficulties in walking. http://www.physorg.com/news159107903.html Medicine & Health Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:38:40 EST news159107903 Exercise programmes are an effective option for preventing falls among older people living in the community. There is less evidence at present for the effectiveness of other interventions, such as home safety improvements and vitamin D supplements, according to Cochrane Researchers who carried out a systematic review of the available evidence. http://www.physorg.com/news158992575.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:36:37 EST news158992575 (PhysOrg.com) -- People do not get any more racially prejudiced as they age - but they do become less able to hide it, suggests a new study by researchers at UC Davis, the University of Freiburg and the University of Sydney. http://www.physorg.com/news156624691.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:52:30 EST news156624691 Loretta Velliky of Dearborn, Mich., started learning to use a computer after her husband died in September 2005. "My husband had a computer, and after he passed, my daughter said, 'Mom, get on it!'" Velliky said. "She showed me a few basics and said, 'Don't be afraid of it! Learn it!'" http://www.physorg.com/news154962299.html Technology Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:05:27 EST news154962299 Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School, the University of Cambridge and the University of Michigan, have for the first time identified a relationship between Vitamin D, the "sunshine vitamin", and cognitive impairment in a large-scale study of older people. The importance of these findings lies in the connection between cognitive function and dementia: people who have impaired cognitive function are more likely to develop dementia. The paper will appear in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Geriatric Psychology and Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news151839942.html Medicine & Health Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:46:24 EST news151839942 (PhysOrg.com) -- It's debilitating, isolating and can lead to severe depression - yet pain is widely accepted as something to be expected and regarded as 'normal' in later life. Now a new study from the University of Nottingham examines older people's experiences of pain and how best Government, the NHS and social care agencies can address the issue. http://www.physorg.com/news149185642.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:27:22 EST news149185642 Neuroscientists from Duke University Medical Center have discovered that older people use their brains differently than younger people when it comes to storing memories, particularly those associated with negative emotions. http://www.physorg.com/news148624470.html Medicine & Health Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:34:30 EST news148624470 Despite recent doubts about its effectiveness, the influenza vaccine does give valuable protection against illness, hospital admission and death caused by influenza, and people over 65 should have the flu jab this winter, say experts on bmj.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news146297434.html Medicine & Health Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:10:34 EST news146297434 New research, just published by researchers from the University of Georgia, provides the first evidence that a key gene may be crucial to maintaining the production of the thymus and its disease-fighting T-cells after an animal's birth. http://www.physorg.com/news145197682.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:41:22 EST news145197682 A group of sedentary and overweight older people placed on a four-month exercise program not only became more fit, but burned off more fat, compared to older sedentary people who were placed on a diet but did not exercise. http://www.physorg.com/news140862316.html Medicine & Health Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:25:16 EST news140862316 Older people could make better use of computers if icons, links and menu headings automatically grew bigger as the cursor moves towards them. http://www.physorg.com/news140347867.html Medicine & Health Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:31:07 EST news140347867 West Australian health experts are urging older people to get active after proving for the first time that just 20 minutes of activity each day can prevent memory deterioration. http://www.physorg.com/news139590701.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:11:41 EST news139590701 (PhysOrg.com) -- Urban transport options need to steer away from a 'one size fits all approach' in order to better serve our ageing population, according to research by Newcastle University. http://www.physorg.com/news139496641.html Other Sciences Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:04:01 EST news139496641 Research carried out at the Peninsula Medical School in the South West of England has discovered that obesity in later life does not make a substantial difference to risks of death among older people but that it is a major contributor to increased disability in later life - creating a ticking time bomb for health services in developed countries. http://www.physorg.com/news138535080.html Medicine & Health Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:58:00 EST news138535080 Along with all the other changes that come with age, healthy older people also lose some capacity for sleep, according to a new report published online on July 24th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. When asked to stay in bed for 16 hours in the dark each day for several days, younger people get an average of 9 hours of shuteye compared to 7.5 for older people, the researchers report. http://www.physorg.com/news136122635.html Medicine & Health Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:50:35 EST news136122635 Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but endurance exercise seems to make it younger. According to a study conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, older people who did endurance exercise training for about a year ended up with metabolically much younger hearts. The researchers also showed that by one metabolic measure, women benefited more than men from the training. http://www.physorg.com/news136036722.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:58:42 EST news136036722