Archive for the ‘Senior Health News’ Category

Prion Disease in Mice May Help Advance Alzheimer’s Research (HealthDay)

Friday, March 12th, 2010

HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) — U.S. researchers have discovered a new form of prion disease that doesn’t act like related illnesses, such as mad cow disease, but instead causes brain damage similar to that produced by Alzheimer’s disease.

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Association between Stroke Severity and Fall Risk among…

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Constipation in the acutely hospitalized older patients

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Driving With Early Alzheimer’s May Be Ill-Advised (HealthDay)

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Validation of Doloplus-2 among nonverbal nursing home patients- an evaluation of Doloplus-2 in a clinical setting

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Smoking years key factor in lower Parkinson’s risk (Reuters)

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Differential impact of ageing on cellular and humoral immunity to a persistent murine gamma-herpesvirus

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Falls Prevention Services good but problems remain

Friday, March 12th, 2010

MRI Shows Benefit in Identifying Types of Arthritis

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Caregiving burden for the oldest old: A population based study of centenarian caregivers in Northern Japan

Friday, March 12th, 2010