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Older Adults Who Burn Calories Daily Increase Their Chances of Living Longer


Here is more good news for older adults who get regular exercise in the course of liv­ing. Persons who include calorie-burning activities in their daily life reduce their risk of death over those who chose a more sedentary life style.
The U.S. National Institutes of Health recently sponsored a study that involved 302 older adults aged [...]

Medications Cause Slowness, Need for More Care in Older Adults


Doctors are being warned that the drugs they select for their older patients could result in slower physical function and even increased dependency on a caregiver to perform otherwise rou­tine functions. The drugs that are causing this slowed physical action to occur are commonly pre­scribed for high blood pressure, depression, allergies and incontinence.
A variety of [...]