Anemia Common Among Older People in US
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In the US, at least one in five people age 85 or older are anemic, according to a new report. Although the anemia is rarely severe, further studies are needed to determine the impact on quality of life and functional abilities.
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Overweight and obese older women have an increased risk of leukemia, says a University of Minnesota study. It found that older women who are overweight or obese could be more than twice as likely as normal
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Being obese more than doubles the risk of a type of leukemia -- acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) -- in older women, according to a new report. The risk is only slightly diminished in women who are overweight.
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Older, heavier and sedentary, more and more Americans are suffering from high blood pressure, the latest government report shows. And while the numbers in the report are
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Nearly one-quarter million Americans, most of them elderly, are hospitalized with flu each year - twice the previous estimate, new federal research has found.
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22 (HealthDayNews) -- There's no racial distinction when it comes to depression in the homebound elderly, says a new study in the October issue of the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
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In the past decade, the number of elderly Americans in assisted living has tripled, to nearly one million.
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Sirtris-sponsored study shows potential for the fight against aging.
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As technologically advanced as our country is today, it&#39;s both frustrating and heartbreaking that millions of Americans of all ages and across all social, cultural and ethnic groups are still battling life-threatening and debilitating diseases.
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NEW YORK  - Helping frail older people to see more clearly may put them at increased risk of falls, according to a new study from Australia.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- People who suffer from certain skin allergies are more likely to develop blood-related cancers when they get older.
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Seniors who follow a Mediterranean diet and a healthy lifestyle have a mortality rate half that of seniors who do not, a study said.
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NEW YORK  - The majority of elderly people  in assisted-living or residential care facilities are not  receiving all of the medications they need for four common  conditions, according to new study findings released Monday.
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People in their 50s and 60s who get regular exercise are about 35 percent less likely to die within eight years than inactive people in the same age group, says a University of Michigan Health System study.
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More elderly Americans are contracting  diabetes and the majority develop complications such as heart  disease that might be prevented if they properly monitored  their health, a researcher said on Monday.
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Elderly and ill blacks in the United  States are more likely to live in poor-quality nursing homes,  researchers said on Tuesday in a study that shows clear  patterns of segregation persist.
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NEW YORK  - Declining physical performance among some Dutch seniors may not be a simple consequence of aging, it may actually be due to a vitamin D deficiency, results of a new study suggest.