Archive for the ‘Seniors / Aging’ Category
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Adult stem cells may provide an explanation for the cause of a Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS), a rare disease that causes premature aging in children, according to researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These findings, the first to indicate a biological ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
According to a meta-analysis published in The Lancet, elderly people can improve physical function and live more independently if provided with complex interventions such as preventive home visits and community-based care after hospital discharge. The study of over 90,000 elderly people also led authors to conclude that well-developed services for ...
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008
The Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) will hold its 34th Annual Meeting and Educational Leadership Conference February 21-24, 2008, at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, MD.
This year's Distinguished Teacher Lecture Series will focus on the roles that modern social networking can play in furthering education about aging.
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
Recent increases in our longevity could have disturbing implications for the government, pension companies and life insurance industries.
A group of academics are warning that increases in longevity translate into bad news for those with obligations to pay our pensions or look after us when we are old; to make matters ...
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
International symposium at University of Leicester to be told how lifelong learning helps older people cope with modern society and increases their sense of self worth.
A three-day international symposium is to highlight how lifelong learning provides older people with a new lease of life as well as delivering wider benefits ...
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
At a time when established scientists are leaving academia because of a lack of funding for biomedical research and a potential new generation of scientists are considering whether to even enter a field with a competitive funding environment, the Ellison Medical Foundation in partnership with the American Federation for Aging ...
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Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Responding to the Dignity in Care report from the Healthcare Commission, Paul Cann, Director of Policy at Help the Aged, says:
'Older people are human beings - not objects or numbers. It's nearly ten years since we first exposed the shortcomings in hospital care and dignity for older people1, yet we ...
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Saturday, September 29th, 2007
Making technology easier to use for older people is the focus of a Queensland University of Technology research team which has attracted $280,000 in funding in the latest round of the Australian Research Council's Discovery Projects scheme.
The study, led by QUT design researcher Dr Thea Blackler, is one of 24 ...
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
The mortality benefits of giving elderly people the flu vaccine have been vastly overstated, according to a Review published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, October edition. Vaccinating people over 65 against influenza in developed countries is aimed at reducing the flu mortality burden.
Dr Lone Simonsen, George Washington University, Washington, DC, ...
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