Christmas is coming next week, and most hospital patients can't wait to go home, and be with their loved ones, but this is not the case for everybody.Ironically, old people that are in good health but suffer from something else, try by any means to stay in a hospital for this time of the year – their suffe... |
16 December 2010
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Researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center carried out a study which reveals that pain, especially the one caused by arthritis, is very common in the last two years of an old person's life.Pain in older people should not be ignored, and this is actually the first study to assess the frequency of pain tha... |
2 November 2010
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According to a group of investigators, it would appear that older people exposing themselves to short, daily sessions of whole body vibrations may be able to compensate for the bone loss their age brings.The study that arrived at these conclusions was conducted by experts at the Medical College of Georgia. The team h... |
25 October 2010
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In a new series of investigations, researchers determined that cheese can be extremely beneficial to the immune system of elderly people. This subgroup of the general population is notoriously vulnerable to all manners of infections, from microbes, viruses and bacteria alike. The main cause for this susceptibility is... |
13 May 2010
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According to a new scientific study conducted on seniors in their mid-90s, it would appear that older people tend to be happier as the years pass, despite mounting health problems, financial issues, stress and pain caused by the death of loved ones. The psychologists in charge of the study determined that seniors ten... |
10 August 2009
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According to a new report released today, the world's senior population is currently in a pronounced growing trend, which means that, fairly soon, for the first time in history, its numbers will significantly surpass those of the young segment. The figures the new research provides show that at least 1.3 billion... |
20 July 2009
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The Japanese robot Saya, which was originally introduced to the world as a secretary, has tried to handle a classroom full of five- and six-graders earlier this year, triggering good laughter on its account. The kids have had a blast with the machine, whose eerie expressions and limited vocabulary they have found to ... |
12 March 2009
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Unfastening a bra can be vexing, especially if all the hooks are placed at the back. The situation is doubly annoying for women who, either because of their professions or some accident, have lost some of the mobility of the arms. The same applies for elder women, who might have trouble bringing their arms to the bac... |
9 January 2009
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Recent statistics show that older people, living in retirement homes, under constant surveillance, are just as likely to attempt suicide as the elderly living inside communities or in their own homes. The research was conducted by a team of researchers at the University of Michigan, led by Dr. Briana Mezuk. She... |
21 November 2008
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