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By Stephen Daniells, 26-Apr-2010 Seniors with higher blood levels of vitamin D are also likely to have better physical function, suggests a new study that suggests higher recommended levels may be needed to ensure muscle health. Physical ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2010-05-04 08:17 - 0 comments

By Amanda Gardner HealthDay Reporter by Amanda Gardner healthday Reporter – Wed Mar 10, 2010 TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Better health translates into better sex lives, with healthy people more likely to engage in sex (and good sex at ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2010-03-26 09:49 - 0 comments

17 March 2010 Nearly 20 million older patients have been given the wrong drug during emergency treatment over the past few years, a new American study has discovered. Overall, around 17 per cent of older patients will be given the wrong, or the ...

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Thursday, February 25, 2010 by: S. L. Baker, features writer (NaturalNews) According to none other than the esteemed health experts of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) web site, "... people 65 and older should get their regular, or ...

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By Stephen Daniells, 17-Feb-2010 Related topics: Vitamins & premixes, Cardiovascular health, Diabetes Middle aged and elderly people with high blood levels of vitamin D may be at a 33 per cent lower risk of developing heart disease, says a ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2010-02-19 11:56 - 0 comments

The INVADE Study Thorleif Etgen, MD; Dirk Sander, MD; Ulrich Huntgeburth, MD; Holger Poppert, MD; Hans Förstl, MD; Horst Bickel, PhD  Arch Intern Med. 2010;170(2):186-193. Background  Data regarding the relationship between ...

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Monday, February 08, 2010 by: David Gutierrez, staff writer (NaturalNews) Elderly dementia patients are being subjected to "scandalous abuse" by being drugged with dangerous antipsychotic drugs, according to a letter by ...

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Hospice care is end-of-life care provided by health professionals and volunteers, which give medical, psychological and spiritual support to help people have peace, comfort and dignity in their last days. The caregivers normally try to control pain and ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2010-01-27 09:39 - 0 comments

January 19, 2010,  1:51 PM By PAULA SPAN Recent increases in lifespan have neatly coincided with the rise of the Internet, so it’s little wonder that caregivers have taken to sharing their observations, frustrations and occasional ...

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January 20, 2010, 11:27 AM By PAULA SPAN She was a retired college professor, living alone in a New York apartment that had become unmanageable. When she called Bergfeld’s Estate Clearance Service for help, Kristin Bergfeld had trouble ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2010-01-22 10:34 - 0 comments

Last updated at 23:52pm on 10.01.08  Alzheimer's affects 700,000 Britons A drug used for arthritis can reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer's "in minutes". It appears to tackle one of the main features of the disease - ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2009-12-08 14:59 - 0 comments

Existing recommendations for vitamin D are inadequate to prevent falls amongst the elderly, according to a new meta-analysis from a team of international scientists. By Stephen Daniells, 12-Oct-2009 Existing recommendations for vitamin D ...

Blog - GeraldMartin - 2009-10-15 20:57 - 0 comments

By The Associated Press (AP) – 10-06-2009 A look at key issues in the health care debate: THE ISSUE: Will seniors' Medicare benefits be slashed to pay for health care overhaul? THE POLITICS: Democrats are proposing to reduce the ...

Blog - GeraldMartin - 2009-10-06 08:08 - 0 comments

By Stephen Daniells, 18-Sep-2009 Current recommendations for vitamin K are not being met, placing people at increased risk of age-related diseases such as cancer and heart disease, says a new analysis. A new analysis of data from hundreds of published ...

Blog - GeraldMartin - 2009-09-21 10:35 - 0 comments

By Ezra Klein  |  June 3, 2009 You've heard the line that "entitlement reform is health reform." Yesterday, at a meeting between Barack Obama and Senate Democrats from the Finance and HELP committees, that line grew up and ...

Blog - GeraldMartin - 2009-06-03 12:25 - 0 comments

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 by: David Gutierrez, staff writer (NaturalNews) Influenza vaccination has no significant effect on death rates among the elderly, according to a study conducted by researchers from the ...

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Monday, December 15, 2008 by: David Gutierrez, staff writer (NaturalNews) Low blood levels of B vitamins can increase a person's risk of suffering from hip fracture, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2008-12-16 12:43 - 0 comments

By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer March 3, 2008 THE broken rib could have been a disaster for Claire Soroko. She had been saying goodbye to friends Christmas Day when she stumbled from an outdoor step and banged into an iron handrail, ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2008-03-14 12:39 - 0 comments

Half of Older Americans Haven't Had Screening Colonoscopy Only half of Americans age 50 and older have had a colonoscopy to screen for colon cancer, according to survey data in the latestNews and Numbersfrom the U.S. Agency for Healthcare ...

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Denise Gellene, Los Angeles August 24, 2007 SEX doesn't stop at age 60, 70, 80 or beyond, according to a report that found many Americans stayed surprisingly frisky well into old age. The study of 3005 adults aged 57 to 85 found most ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2007-08-23 11:16 - 0 comments

Updated Wed. Nov. 22 2006 CTV.ca News Staff Middle-aged Canadians are finding themselves providing care to aging parents, relatives or friends just as they were finished raising their children, according to a new study, which finds this can have ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2006-11-22 12:52 - 0 comments

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: November 17, 2006 ATLANTA, Nov. 16 (AP) — The death rate from falling has risen about 55 percent for people 65 and older in the United States since the 1990s, federal health officials said Thursday, speculating ...

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By CLAUDIA DREIFUS Published: November 14, 2006 For a man about to turn 80, Dr. Robert N. Butler is an astonishingly frequent flier. When he is not dashing to India, he is off to a conference in Virginia, speaking out for human rights for the ...

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Bangalore, Oct 6 (IANS) An adverse scientific finding that colas can cause bone loss in older women is likely to add to the woes of soft drink manufacturers in India, already caught in a controversy over higher than permissible amounts of pesticide in ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2006-10-06 11:53 - 0 comments

By EILEEN ALT POWELL AP Business Writer © 2006 The Associated Press NEW YORK — Less than half of the nation's communities have begun preparing to deal with the needs of the elderly, whose ranks will swell dramatically with the aging of ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2006-09-28 11:48 - 0 comments

August 28, 2006 – More than half of all senior citizens suffer with high blood pressure, or hypertension. The September issue of the Harvard Heart Letter takes a look at the latest thinking on high blood pressure and includes 10 steps for getting your ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2006-08-29 11:07 - 0 comments

Researchers in the U.S. have discovered that prior to developing dementia, women experience a decline in weight as early as 10 years before they begin to lose their memory. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota carried out a retrospective ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2006-07-17 10:34 - 0 comments

AARHUS, Denmark, July 13, 2006 -- Living alone can have dire implications for the heart. Women over age 60 and men older than 50 who live alone have a two- to three-fold higher risk for unstable angina, myocardial infarction, or sudden cardiac ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2006-07-14 10:45 - 0 comments

If you’re still alive, you’re growing older every day. You may not notice it, but you are. When we make that great shift out of our teenage years into our twenties, most of the changes we encounter about growing older are good. When we are ...

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05.24.06, WEDNESDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) -- High-dose influenza vaccines may boost immune responses to the seasonal virus in older people, reducing their death risk, researchers report. Although the elderly are considered particularly at risk ...

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