It's still not too late to get a flu shot, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. Flu activity often peaks in January or February and can last well into May, and a flu shot protects you as long as flu viruses are ...
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Encouraging older drivers to self-regulate their driving rather than revoking their licence based on age, has the potential to improve their safety and maintain their independence, a QUT study has found. Ides Wong, from QUT's Centre for ...
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Rates rising fastest among those over 65, and most injuries now due to falls, not car crashes The number of serious traumatic spinal cord injuries is on the rise in the United States, and the leading cause no longer appears to be motor ...
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Traumatic spinal cord injuries are on the rise in the United States and the leading cause no longer is motor vehicle crashes, but falls, researchers say. Dr. Shalini Selvarajah, a post-doctoral surgical research fellow at the Johns ...
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Each year, about half of U.S. adults age 65 and older who are hospitalized must have family assist in medical decision-making, researchers say. Dr. Alexia Torke, an associate professor of medicine at Indiana ...
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Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: Hospitalization Of Elderly Medicaid Long-Term Care Users Who Transition From Nursing Homes To compare ...
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: Hospitalization Of Elderly Medicaid Long-Term Care Users Who Transition From Nursing Homes To compare ...
American adults are eating healthier diets, making better use of nutrition information on food labels, consuming more fiber and less cholesterol, and getting fewer calories from total fat and saturated fat, a federal government report says. ...
Young people don't remember better than older adults, but their memories seem better because they retrieve them in higher definition, U.S. researchers say. Study leader Philip Ko and Dr. Brandon Ally, both of Vanderbilt University, said ...
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Louis Medvene, Wichita State University professor of psychology and director of the Social Relationships Research Workgroup, is exploring the potential benefits of computer access to senior citizens' health. A 2012 study conducted by ...
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Tyson Foods, Inc. a Sedalia, Mo., establishment, is recalling approximately 33,840 pounds of mechanically separated chicken products that may be contaminated with a Salmonella Heidelberg strain, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food ...
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The liquid form of the flu drug Tamiflu is in short supply because of early strong demand.But the shortage is expected to be brief, lasting only through mid-January, according to its manufacturer, Genentech. Doctors typically give the ...
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People who are aerobically fit as teenagers are less likely to have a heart attack in middle age, a study of nearly 750,000 Swedish men suggests. Every 15 percent increase in aerobic fitness in your teen years is associated with an 18 ...
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Adults at risk for heart disease who eat a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil can lower their chances of developing diabetes, even without restricting calories or boosting exercise, new research suggests. In the study, Spanish ...
It's not possible to predict which viruses will predominate for the entire 2013-14 flu season, but so far pH1N1 is the most prevalent, U.S. officials say. In a notice to clinicians, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in ...
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