HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors who eat plenty of fruits
and vegetables and who have good cognitive function are much less likely
to die from heart disease than those who have poorer cognitive function
and eat fewer fruits and vegetables, a new study has found.
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Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to boost Medicare payments to physicians in a move that could help shore up support from doctors for a sweeping Democratic-backed healthcare overhaul.
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Taking the B vitamin niacin
offers no additional benefit to seniors with coronary artery disease who
are already prescribed cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, U.S. researchers
say.
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Lifelong exercise helps
seniors keep their hearts healthy, new research shows.
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AP - Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it.
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AP - Tom Dougherty jokes that he takes "get-lost walks." To his wife, Cleo, it's a constant fear: When will his Alzheimer's get bad enough that she has to end his 4-mile daily strolls?
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HealthDay - SUNDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Gene mutations linked to inherited
Parkinson's disease also appear to be connected to the more common form of
the disease that strikes people whose relatives don't have it, researchers
now say.
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Reuters - People of Japanese and European descent who have mutant versions of five genes may be at higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease, two large teams of researchers have found.
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors enrolled in private,
standalone Medicare prescription drugs plans (PDP) could encounter
significant changes this open enrollment period, which begins Sunday.
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Tiny capsules could increase
the body's absorption of the yellow curry ingredient curcumin, which is
being tested in clinical trials for the treatment of colon cancer,
psoriasis and Alzheimer's disease.
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- A study of H1N1 swine flu
in Mexico finds that while babies and people under the age of 40 are most
likely to get sick, elderly people have the highest death rates.
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Highlighting the importance of
staying fit in old age, a French study has found that seniors who walk
slowly are three times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than
are fast walkers.
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 AFP - New data from Mexico, the epicentre of the swine flu pandemic, has confirmed that young people are most at risk of catching the A(H1N1) virus but elderly patients are most at risk of dying from it.
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Taking nonsteroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) from a young age might prevent early
signs of Alzheimer's disease, according to the results of a new study in
mice.
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly people with weak
muscles may be at increased risk for Alzheimer's disease, according to a
new study.
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Almost a quarter of the
people on Medicare who are hospitalized for heart failure are back in the
hospital within a month of discharge, a new study reveals.
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 Reuters - Despite living six to eight years longer than men, women lack essential health care throughout their lives, particularly as teenagers and elderly people, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
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Reuters - Older people with stronger muscles are at reduced risk of developing Alzheimer's disease compared to their weaker peers, a new study shows.
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 AFP - Women are often deprived of health care in the crucial years of adolescence and old age due to social inequalities and neglect in male dominated decision-making, the World Health Organisation said Monday.
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Reuters - Working conditions must be improved for older people if governments and companies are to persuade them to continue contributing to economic growth into their old age, according to Swedish and British scientists.
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