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Video Games Better Than Crosswords for Slowing/Reversing Declines in Brain Function
A Wall Street Journal article reported on a government-funded study that found that playing Double Decision can slow and even reverse declines in brain function associated with aging, while playing crossword puzzles cannot.åÊ Despite promising study results, WSJ reports that some doctors say there still isn’t enough evidence to prove...
Depressed or Lonely at Increased Risk of Cdiff (VIDEO)
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Depressed or Lonely at Increased Risk of Cdiff
Stay Positive My Friend! People who are depressed or lonely are at increased risk of Clostridium difficile infection, according to University of Michigan Health System researchers. Cdiff is nasty stuff. Itcaused my mother to be rehospitalized a few times. Of course getting it would make you depressed too! In one...
13 Percent of Americans aged 60+ Report Growing Memory Loss (VIDEO)
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Elderly Parent Care Coach Helps Adult Children (VIDEO)
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13 Percent of Americans aged 60+ Report Growing Memory Loss
Coach Pat Summitt’s has become a face for Early-Onset Dementia From ALFA -åÊ A large survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that 13 percent of Americans aged 60 and older reported worsening memory loss or confusion in the previous year, highlighting the need...
Elderly Parent Care Coach Helps Adult Children
–> The following is a guest post by Rhonda Caudell RN, CCM, CGCM, Elderly Parent Care Coach who can be found at www.EndlessLegacy.com. Following years of caring for medical needs of seniors, being a caregiver for parents and grandparents, I am now a boomer realizing my friends are totally lost...
June 14 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
June 14 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD). You can use this event to raise awareness by hosting a screening of An Age for Justice. Produced by NCOA and WITNESS, this short documentary tells the real story of elder abuse in America. See how to host a screening.
Insomnia May Be Linked to Future Hospitalization, Increased Health Service Use (VIDEO)
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