Tag: Gerontology

What The Study Did: Survey data were used to investigate the relationship between loneliness and high-risk medication use in adults ...

Credit: Photo by Cori Kogan, WSU Health Sciences Spokane The human body is essentially made up of trillions of living ...

Scientists at Cambridge and Leeds have successfully reversed age-related memory loss in mice and say their discovery could lead to ...

Evidence of the sustained benefits of an investigational antipsychotic treatment for people with dementia-related psychosis has been published. Up to ...

Researchers led by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have discovered a link between cognitive decline and a faster rate ...

New research published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research has found that cognitive decline is linked with accelerated ...

Credit: Ryan Lu A new USC study of a common, yet poorly understood type of white blood cell reveals the ...

Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) typically suffer from impaired bone quality and quantity, with a non-vertebral fracture risk ...

Presented by the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR)Credit: image courtesy of UW Medicine New York, NY - The American ...

Effectiveness of physical exercise in older adults with mild to moderate depression Depression is the most frequently diagnosed psychiatric disorder ...

New study finds health ramifications for Hispanic older adults New research from the University of Georgia finds that older Mexican ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 13, 2021) -- A recently published study co-authored by University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging researcher ...

Results could help boost immunization rates during and beyond pandemic among key health care workers WASHINGTON, DC -- Two new ...

A new University of Arizona Health Sciences study found women on hormone therapy were up to 58% less likely to ...

A new analysis called an evidence and gap map has mapped what we know about improving the functional ability of ...

Research finds multiple chronic conditions, rural residence main contributors to increased healthcare visits DANVILLE, Pa. - Having multiple chronic health ...

Frailty is a better predictor than factors such as age when determining how older adults fare one year after receiving ...

University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers have identified a possible link between inadequate exposure to ultraviolet-B (UVB) ...

Singapore, 7 July 2021 - In 1966, The Beatles cemented the plight of lonely older people in the popular imagination ...

How a two-way approach can promote quality careCredit: Flinders University At the end of life, people may have to rely ...