Distinct Patterns of Chronic Loneliness and Isolation Linked to Health in Older Adults
New research in Nature Communications distinguishes chronic loneliness from chronic social isolation in older adults, revealing that these distinct long-term ...
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New Digital Framework Aims to Connect Municipalities and Apartment Associations Before the Next Crisis
Researchers have designed a conceptual e-service framework that digitally links Estonian municipalities with apartment associations to improve crisis preparedness and ...
Why Older Adults Refuse Brain Training: Fear, School Memories and the Myth of the Aging Mind
Interviews with seventeen older adults in Poland reveal that low awareness, school-like formats, stigma, cost, and rigid program design—not simple ...
Municipal Health Systems Unprepared to Deliver Health-Promoting Care for Older Adults, Study Warns
A Swedish focus group study of 22 municipal health and social care professionals finds that organizational readiness for health-promoting interventions ...
Leg Strength and Nutrition Together Predict 16-Year Death Risk in Older Adults
A 16-year Japanese cohort study shows that combining directly measured leg-press strength with a nutritional index substantially improves mortality risk ...
New Diabetes Monitoring Pathway Keeps Older Cancer Patients Safe During Steroid Therapy
A structured, age-adapted diabetes monitoring pathway developed at a London cancer centre proved feasible and safe for older adults receiving ...
Even in Mild New Zealand, Hotter Days Quietly Raise the Risk of Dying
A nationwide study of more than two decades of New Zealand death records finds that hotter days measurably increase mortality ...
Not All Sitting Is Equal: Computer Time May Protect Aging Brains, TV Time May Not
A compositional analysis of more than 2,500 older US adults finds that computer use is linked to better cognitive function ...
New Swallowing Training Program Helps Older Adults Eat and Drink Again Safely
A Danish proof-of-concept study shows that an occupation-centred swallowing training program may help older adults with dysphagia eat and drink ...
Malnutrition Emerges as Key Modifiable Driver of Cognitive Frailty in Older Adults
A matched geriatric cohort study finds malnutrition, but not dehydration, is strongly linked to cognitive frailty in older adults, with ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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