News tagged with elderly women
Mortality risk greater for elderly women who nap daily
Mar 04, 2009 |
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A new study appearing in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society has found that older women who reported taking daily naps had a significantly greater risk of dying. The results of the study are in contrast to a number ...
Study: Elderly Women can increase strength but still risk falls
Oct 23, 2008 |
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Elderly women can increase muscle strength as much as young women can, a new study from the University of New Hampshire finds, indicating that decline in muscle function is less a natural part of the aging ...
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Dietary sport supplement shows strong effects in the elderly
Nov 07, 2008 |
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Beta-alanine (BA), a dietary supplement widely used by athletes and body builders, has been proven to increase the fitness levels of a group of elderly men and women. The research, published in BioMed Central's open access ...
Study shows that elderly women sleep better than they think, men sleep worse
Oct 01, 2009 |
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A study in the Oct.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that elderly women sleep better than elderly men even though women consistently report that their sleep is shorter and poorer.
Breast cancers behave differently before and after the age of 70
Apr 18, 2008 |
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Researchers in Belgium have discovered that increasing age affects the way breast cancer behaves. As women approach the age of 70, they become less likely to be diagnosed with aggressive tumours that have spread to the lymph ...
Researchers find phone assessment effective for evaluating cognition in the elderly
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Cognitive testing by telephone in elderly individuals is generally as effective as in-person testing, according to a new study by Effie M. Mitsis, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and ...
Epilepsy drug causes bone loss in young women
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Young women who took the commonly used epilepsy drug phenytoin for one year showed significant bone loss compared to women taking other epilepsy drugs, according to a study published in the April 29, 2008, issue of Neurology, the me ...
Seasonal variation in blood pressure
Jan 16, 2009 |
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A French study reported in the 12th January issue of Archives of Internal Medicine has found a strong correlation between blood pressure and outdoor temperature in a large sample of the elderly.(1) As a result, the invest ...
Researchers say ECG standards should be revised for elderly
Mar 14, 2008 |
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Researchers at Mayo Clinic suggest that the established “normal” ranges for evaluating electrocardiograms for persons over 80 years old should be “revisited.” The recommendation comes in a study published today in the American Jo ...
Keeping in good shape in old age is harder for women, study finds
Mar 26, 2008 |
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Women aged 65-plus find it harder than men of the same age to preserve muscle — which probably impacts on their ability to stay as strong and fit, according to new research.
Invisible immigrants: Research sheds light on foreign-born seniors in the U.S
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The nearly 80,000 immigrants older than 65 who arrive in the U.S. each year are often overlooked by society because they don't hold paid jobs or speak fluent English, says UC Irvine sociology ...
Elderly breast cancer patients receive chemotherapy if treated in private practices
Jul 06, 2009 |
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In a study to determine the non-medical factors that may be associated with the decision to treat nonmetastatic breast cancer, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health evaluated the association between ...
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