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5 Vaccines All Grandparents Should Get
Protection for You & Your Grandchildren<p>While people of all ages get sick, older adults, and young infants are particularly vulnerable to potentially …
Public HealthLED eyelashes could cause cataracts and wrinkles, doctor warns
Perhaps you should think twice before jumping on the LED eyelash bandwagon, an ophthalmologist is warning.<p>The latest clubbing fad has people affixing LED strips above their eyes. Powered by a small battery tucked into the hair at the back of your head, the lights flash in different colours, as you …
Macular DegenerationTime spent frail in old age 'doubles'
<b>The amount of time spent needing daily care at the end of life has doubled in England over the past two decades, a study suggests.</b><p>The Newcastle University study found men spent 2.4 years on average needing regular care and women three years.<p>This includes everything from help with washing and …
Old AgeArtificial vision: what people with bionic eyes see
Visual prostheses, or “bionic eyes”, promise to provide artificial vision to visually impaired people who could previously see. The devices consist …
Macular DegenerationScreen time: Here are three ways to protect your eyes
In the short term, blue light is tiring for eyes, causing eye strain, and also drying eyes out. In the long term, it increases the risks of …
Macular DegenerationUnderstanding Inherited IRAs and Their Inherent Dangers
Mistakes made with inherited IRAs can be costly and impossible to fix. To minimize a potentially hefty tax bill, make sure to dot your i’s and cross …
Life ExpectancyCaring for Aging Parents? Consider These 5 Things | Investopedia
We speak with many clients who have one or more children of their own and who are also helping to care for their aging parents. This assistance can …
RetirementRacism and Capitalism: the Barriers to Decent Health Care
Photo by Coco Curranski | CC BY 2.0<p>Most discussions assessing the effects of racism on health attempt to suggest solutions, ranging from combatting …
Life ExpectancyWhy Have Arthritis Rates Doubled Since World War II?
Since World War II, arthritis rates have doubled.<p>However, a longer life expectancy along with increasing obesity rates aren’t the only causes for the …
Life ExpectancyIonis Absorbs Glaxo Rare Disease Cull
From Ionis Pharmaceuticals' (NASDAQ:IONS) perspective, Glaxosmithkline's (NYSE:GSK) decision to opt out of its collaboration on inotersen and …
Macular Degeneration70 years of Independence: India's life expectancy, literacy indicators look up, while IMR, income inequality are worries
In the 70 years since independence, India has made most progress in improving life expectancy, literacy, but has been slower in improving the level …
Life ExpectancyBeet Root Juice: An Ergogenic Aid for Exercise and the Aging Brain | The Journals of Gerontology: Series A
Background<p>Exercise has positive neuroplastic effects on the aging brain. It has also been shown that ingestion of beet root juice (BRJ) increases …
Aging BrainThe growing gulf in life expectancy shows how austerity has deepened inequalities
The prime minister vowed to fight health injustice. These new figures must be a wake-up call<p>Public health experts sometimes rework the map of a city’s train or underground system to illustrate the wide differences in life expectancy between wealthy areas and poor ones. For example, every one of the …
Life ExpectancyThe 7 Laws of Healthy Old Age
Compared to participants of the inner-city Glueck study, the Grant men lived on average 10 years longer than their less-educated peers. However, the …
Old Age'Rescue Dog to Super Dog' Trainer Wants Your Dog to Die...of Old Age, Surrounded By Family
“I want every dog that has a home to stay in that home,” Animal Planet personality Laura London tells TheWrap<p>Laura London knows fans of her new TV …
Old AgePensioner stands trial over rape and indecent assault
A 79-year-old man is to stand trial accused of a catalogue of sexual assaults on his daughter, a judge has ordered.
Old AgeIonis to advance inotersen and IONIS-FB-Lrx after Glaxo backs out; shares down 6% premarket
Ionis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IONS) announces that it plans to advance to pipeline candidates inotersen and IONIS-FB-Lrx after GlaxoSmithKline …
Macular DegenerationDecreasing life expectancy could benefit US businesses
U.S. mortality rates have stopped improving, so noticeably that large corporations are beginning to factor Americans’ earlier-than-expected deaths into financial forecasts.<p>While mortality rates from 2000 to 2009 generally improved each year by about 1%-2% for both males and females, according to …
Life ExpectancyNeuroscience News wrote a new post, Reaction Time Variation May Be a Marker That Predicts Mortality in Old Age, on the site Neuroscience News
Summary: According to a PLOS ONE study, a person’s intraindividual reaction time variability may be an independent predictor of mortality.Source: …
Aging BrainVIDEO: Aging, Longevity and the Eternal Fight to Stay Young
First the good news: People in most industrialized (aka wealthy) nations live roughly 25 years longer, on average, than they would have 100 years …
Life ExpectancyCan ‘Old Age Security 2020’ guarantee pensions?
Faced with an aging population, reduced economic growth and low interest rates, the government and a parliamentary majority are calling for a …
Old AgeThese Supplements Slash Your Risk of Dementia in Half
It’s official: A new study proves that just taking the right supplement could slash your risk of ever developing dementia 50 percent or more. Which …
LifestyleL&G profits rise as UK population dies earlier than expected
Insurance and pensions firm able to release £126m cash reserves and increase dividend after growth in life expectancy slows<p>A slowdown in the growth in life expectancy for the UK population has increased profits at insurance and pensions firm Legal & General, which said people were dying sooner than …
Life ExpectancyLower life expectancy reduces corporate pension costs
More Americans are dying at younger ages, and one silver lining is that it's reducing pension costs for corporations and the government, Bloomberg …
Life ExpectancyIndia’s Population: Becoming Number One
NEW YORK: By 2024, India will slip past China to become the most populous country and must rapidly prepare for a fast-changing economy.<p>India will …
Life ExpectancyPensioner stabbed to death while walking dogs was 'immensely kind', says family
The family of an 83-year-old man who was stabbed to death while walking his two dogs have described him as "a lovely, gentle husband, dad and …
Old Age9 bad aging habits that are killing your looks
You know that aging isn't something you can ward off completely—it's a bummer, we get it.<p>But you could be fast-forwarding through the process without …
LongevityBernie's single-payer platform sparks fear from moderate Democrats
<b>BERNIE'S SINGLE-PAYER PLATFORM SPARKS FEARS FROM DEMS —</b> Sen. Bernie Sanders has vowed to play a major role in the 2018 midterm elections and his famous platform for a single-payer health care system has moderate Democrats worried that it could prompt primary challenges from the left, POLITICO's …
Life ExpectancyHealth Gap Widens Between Appalachia And Rest Of The U.S.
Brian and Sandy Willhite (Courtesy of the Willhite family)Sandy Willhite doesn’t mind driving 45 minutes to the nearest shopping center. But living …
Life ExpectancyLife Expectancy Indicates U.S. Health-Care Outcomes Actually Outpace International Peers
In my last article, I dissected the idea that single-payer healthcare will save the country money. While anything is possible, it’s not possible to …
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