Personal Health Care Spending on Personal Health Care, Public Health Increases Substantially Estimates of U.S. spending on individual health care and public health showed substantial increases from 1996 through 2013, with spending on diabetes, ischemic heart disease, and low back and neck pain accounting for the highest amounts of spending by...
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Cataract Symptoms – Depression is a Side Effect
Cataract Symptoms Depression Cataract Symptoms have a side impact – older adults who are more likely to have symptoms of depression, reports a study in Optometry and Vision Science, the official journal of the American Academy of Optometry. The link between cataracts and depression is independent of other factors, and...
Fall Prevention – Brain Activity May Predict Risk of Falls
Fall Prevention – Brain Activity May Predict Risk of Falls in Older People When it comes to fall prevention, measuring the brain activity of healthy, older adults while they walk and talk at the same time may help predict their risk of falls later, according to a study published in...
Our Friday Song of the Week – Go Your Own Way
Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac
Improve Memory – Exercise May Help Ward Off Memory Decline
Improve Memory Exercise may be associated with a small benefit for elderly people who already have memory and thinking problems, according to new research in Neurology®, a medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The research involved people with vascular cognitive impairment, which is the second most common cause of dementia...
Losing Teeth Can Effect Cognitive Health
Losing Teeth Makes You Less Functional Maintaining good oral health may help older adults prevent a variety of health problems and disabilities. However, the effect of tooth loss on physical or cognitive health and well-being is unknown. In a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, researchers...
Laughter Yoga + Exercise Improves Mental Health, Aerobic Endurance
Incorporating laughter yoga into a physical activity program could improve older adults’ mental health, aerobic endurance and confidence in their ability to exercise. In this Georgia State University study, older adults residing in four assisted-living facilities participated in a moderate-intensity group exercise program called LaughActive that incorporates playful simulated laughter...
Our Friday Song of the Week – I Saw Her Standing There
Our Friday Song of the Week – I Saw Her Standing There
Most People With Vascular Dementia Not Yet Diagnosed (Video)
Dementia, including vascular dementia, affects 47 million people worldwide and this number will treble by 2050. Currently, only around half of those in high income countries, and one in ten or less in low and middle income countries have received a diagnosis. Expanding coverage of services for increasing numbers of...
Managing Caregiver Burnout – Caregiving from Burden to Opportunity
5 Tips for Avoiding Caregiver Burnout Are you a family caregiver to a loved one? Many are. In fact, nearly 40 million Americans are caregivers. Six in 10 are employed while juggling caregiving. And a surprising 25% of family caregivers are Millennials. Many suffer caregiver burnout. The Eliza Foundation has...