The authors suggest that living with another person and frequent social contact may reduce the risk of falling by alleviating stress and allowing risks to be...
Seniors face increased risk for developing serious health issues or even death if they lack social connections or feel alone. Loneliness is connected to higher rates...
Not only does dehydration make our mouths dry and make us want to drink water, it also impacts the regulation of body temperature. When we become...
Previous studies showed nitrate was helping muscles by improving use of calcium in the muscle. This finding that it’s additionally affecting power is significant, especially in...
Some factors were found to be associated with loneliness across all age groups. These included living alone, frequency of neighbour contact, psychological distress, and psychological and...
Seniors who can identify smells like roses, turpentine, paint-thinner and lemons, and have retained their senses of hearing, vision and touch, may have half the risk...
As these proteins were found in the gut, which is a window to the world, this suggests environmental factors might be contributing to cognitive deficits seen...
The results suggest that children--especially girls--who attend school for longer will have better memory abilities in old age. This may have implications for memory loss in...
Older women's intersectional discrimination must be recognized as a separate cause of action.
Taking blood pressure medication as prescribed helped even the frailest elderly people (65 and older) live longer, and the healthiest older people had the biggest survival...