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Age Concern And Help The Aged Urge People To Be Good Neighbours During Cold Snap
Age Concern and Help the Aged is calling on people to keep an eye out for older family, friends and neighbours during the cold weather. The charity is concerned that the extreme temperatures will leave some older people facing difficulties getting out to buy food and essentials, while others will struggle to stay warm…
Link Between Insomnia Symptoms And Medical Complaints In Young School-Aged Children
A study in the Dec. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine indicates that significant associations exist between parent-reported insomnia symptoms and medical complaints of gastrointestinal regurgitation and headaches in young school-aged children. Results of multivariate regression analysis show that parent-reported insomnia was 3…
Persistent Pain May Accelerate Signs Of Aging By Two To Three Decades In Middle-Aged Adults
Younger people with pain look similar in terms of their disability to people who are two to three decades older without pain, according to a study published in this month’s issue of the Journal of the American Geriatric Society. The results of the study uncovered that people with pain develop the functional limitations classically associated with aging at much earlier ages.
For America’s Aged, Surgery At Any Price?
When doctors decide whether or not to go ahead with an expensive surgery, “age is no longer the deciding factor, even for invasive treatment such as open-heart surgery,” The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. One question is “whether this never-too-old approach is an example of U.S.
UK Government Advisers Recommend Considering Flu Vaccination For Everyone Aged Over 60
Considering opening up the annual flu vaccination campaign to everyone aged over 60 should be considered by the government, say advisers to the Department of Health, according to Pulse. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s flu subgroup – which makes recommendations on national flu vaccine policy – said there was evidence to suggest adding healthy adults aged 60-64 to the programme would be beneficial.
Pain Meds Are Most Common Cause Of Death After Spinal Fusion Surgery: Middle-Aged Men With Disk Degeneration At Highest Risk
Pain medications are involved in more than 20 percent of deaths occurring in the years after spinal fusion surgery for low back pain, reports a study in the April 1 issue of Spine. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry.
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