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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1428 health Seniors/Aging News en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:24 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1428 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/seniors/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091126/hl_hsn/ervisitsforelderlyriseduringthanksgiving hsn/20091126/ervisitsforelderlyriseduringthanksgiving HealthDay health Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:24 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Thanksgiving is a time of eating turkey, gathering with family -- and sometimes taking your elderly loved one to the emergency room. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/seniors/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091125/hl_hsn/chronicpaintripsupseniors hsn/20091125/chronicpaintripsupseniors HealthDay health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:48:24 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Falls are a leading cause of death among older Americans, and new research confirms that chronic pain contributes to those accidents. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/seniors/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091125/hl_hsn/someprescriptionmedsmayraiseseniorsrisksoffalling hsn/20091125/someprescriptionmedsmayraiseseniorsrisksoffalling HealthDay health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:48:21 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors who take antidepressants, sedatives and other psychotropic medications may be at increased risk for falls, a new review shows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/seniors/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091124/sc_livescience/walkingandtalkingonphonedangerousforseniors livescience/20091124/walkingandtalkingonphonedangerousforseniors LiveScience.com health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:05:37 GMT LiveScience.com - For older people, gabbing on a cell phone while walking across the street may increase the chances of being run over, according to a new study, although earlier research did not find the same connection among younger people. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/seniors/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/hl_nm/us_hospitals_ratings_moodys nm/20091123/us_hospitals_ratings_moodys Reuters health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:45:53 GMT Reuters - High-cost urban U.S. hospitals may face debt rating downgrades if large cuts to Medicare funding are implemented as part of U.S. health care reform, Moody's Investors Service said on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/seniors/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091123/hl_hsn/dietcognitiveabilitymayplayroleinheartdisease hsn/20091123/dietcognitiveabilitymayplayroleinheartdisease HealthDay health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:39:05 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors who eat plenty of fruits and vegetables and who have good cognitive function are much less likely to die from heart disease than those who have poorer cognitive function and eat fewer fruits and vegetables, a new study has found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/seniors/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/hl_nm/us_usa_healthcare_doctors nm/20091119/us_usa_healthcare_doctors Reuters health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:28:09 GMT Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to boost Medicare payments to physicians in a move that could help shore up support from doctors for a sweeping Democratic-backed healthcare overhaul. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/seniors/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091119/hl_hsn/niacinaddsnobenefitforstatinpatientsstudy hsn/20091119/niacinaddsnobenefitforstatinpatientsstudy HealthDay health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:48:58 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Taking the B vitamin niacin offers no additional benefit to seniors with coronary artery disease who are already prescribed cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, U.S. researchers say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/seniors/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091119/hl_hsn/lifelongexercisekeepsseniorsyoungatheart hsn/20091119/lifelongexercisekeepsseniorsyoungatheart HealthDay health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:48:47 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Lifelong exercise helps seniors keep their hearts healthy, new research shows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/seniors/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_sc/us_vaccine_revolution ap/20091118/us_vaccine_revolution AP health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:52:07 GMT AP - Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/seniors/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_he_me/us_med_healthbeat_alzheimer_s_tracking ap/20091117/us_med_healthbeat_alzheimer_s_tracking AP health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:06:51 GMT AP - Tom Dougherty jokes that he takes "get-lost walks." To his wife, Cleo, it's a constant fear: When will his Alzheimer's get bad enough that she has to end his 4-mile daily strolls? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/seniors/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091117/hl_hsn/researchshedslightoncausesofparkinsons hsn/20091117/researchshedslightoncausesofparkinsons HealthDay health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:49:11 GMT HealthDay - SUNDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Gene mutations linked to inherited Parkinson's disease also appear to be connected to the more common form of the disease that strikes people whose relatives don't have it, researchers now say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/seniors/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091115/hl_nm/us_parkinsons nm/20091115/us_parkinsons Reuters health Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:20:33 GMT Reuters - People of Japanese and European descent who have mutant versions of five genes may be at higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease, two large teams of researchers have found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/seniors/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091114/hl_hsn/medicarepartdwhattoexpectthisopenenrollmentperiod hsn/20091114/medicarepartdwhattoexpectthisopenenrollmentperiod HealthDay health Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:48:57 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors enrolled in private, standalone Medicare prescription drugs plans (PDP) could encounter significant changes this open enrollment period, which begins Sunday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/seniors/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091114/hl_hsn/tappingintocurryshealthbenefits hsn/20091114/tappingintocurryshealthbenefits HealthDay health Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:48:47 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Tiny capsules could increase the body's absorption of the yellow curry ingredient curcumin, which is being tested in clinical trials for the treatment of colon cancer, psoriasis and Alzheimer's disease. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/seniors/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091113/hl_hsn/olderpeopleatgreaterriskofswinefludeath hsn/20091113/olderpeopleatgreaterriskofswinefludeath HealthDay health Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:49:53 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- A study of H1N1 swine flu in Mexico finds that while babies and people under the age of 40 are most likely to get sick, elderly people have the highest death rates. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/seniors/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091112/hl_hsn/forolderwalkersfasterisbetter hsn/20091112/forolderwalkersfasterisbetter HealthDay health Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:48:45 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Highlighting the importance of staying fit in old age, a French study has found that seniors who walk slowly are three times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than are fast walkers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/seniors/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091112/hl_afp/healthflu afp/20091112/healthflu AFP health Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:10:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/seniors/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091112/hl_afp/healthflu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091112/capt.photo_1257984432624-1-0.jpg?x=81&y=130&q=85&sig=WmPwZzRwP3gAUD073qDXeQ--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="A young woman gets an H1N1 flu vaccine in New York. New data from Mexico, the epicentre of the swine flu pandemic, has confirmed that young people are most at risk of catching the A(H1N1) virus but elderly patients are most at risk of dying from it.(AFP/Don Emmert)" border="0" /></a>AFP - New data from Mexico, the epicentre of the swine flu pandemic, has confirmed that young people are most at risk of catching the A(H1N1) virus but elderly patients are most at risk of dying from it.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/seniors/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091112/hl_afp/healthflu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091112/capt.photo_1257984432624-1-0.jpg?x=81&y=130&q=85&sig=WmPwZzRwP3gAUD073qDXeQ--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="photo" title="A young woman gets an H1N1 flu vaccine in New York. New data from Mexico, the epicentre of the swine flu pandemic, has confirmed that young people are most at risk of catching the A(H1N1) virus but elderly patients are most at risk of dying from it.(AFP/Don Emmert)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/seniors/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091111/hl_hsn/earlyuseofnsaidsmightpreventalzheimers hsn/20091111/earlyuseofnsaidsmightpreventalzheimers HealthDay health Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:48:46 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) from a young age might prevent early signs of Alzheimer's disease, according to the results of a new study in mice. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/seniors/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091111/hl_hsn/muscleweaknesslinkedtoalzheimersriskinseniors hsn/20091111/muscleweaknesslinkedtoalzheimersriskinseniors HealthDay health Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:48:42 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly people with weak muscles may be at increased risk for Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study.