Middle-age is truly depressing, study finds
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Middle age is truly miserable, according to a study using data from 80 countries showing that depression is most common among men and women in their forties.
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The suicide rate among 45-to-54-year-olds increased nearly 20 percent from 1999 to 2004.
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Even after more than a decade after diagnosis, cancer survivors may have a poorer quality of life and more health limitations than others their age, according to a US study.
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NEW YORK  - Men and women who are obese in  middle age will be up to twice as expensive to cover under  Medicare, the government health plan that kicks in after  Americans reach age 65, according to new study findings  reported Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - People who stay just as active  after age 70 as they did before are less likely to experience  age-related declines in mental functioning, new study findings  suggest.
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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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A recent study released by researchers from University of California shows that stress may accelerate the aging of cells, which makes people vulnerable to degenerative age-related diseases.
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New research suggests the "natural" mental decline associated with aging could be linked to the effects of lead exposure from decades past.
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As they grow older, even people who seem perfectly on top of things may have trouble making good decisions, a new study suggests.
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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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NEW YORK  - Older adults who are simultaneously hostile and depressed may be at increased risk for cardiovascular disease.
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In time of economic crisis, rates of obesity, diabetes, stroke and coronary heart disease drop, a new study finds.
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Older men who were classified as "highly fit" died at half the rate of those who were not fit in a major long-term study, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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Suicide rates among the youngest and   oldest Americans have steadily declined since the late 1980s,   U.S. researchers reported on Thursday in a finding that   contradicts popular conceptions that rates were rising.
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NEW YORK  - Older adults who are prone to emotional distress may have an increased risk of developing dementia, a new study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - By interfering with normal activities, chronic pain can impede recovery from depression in older adults, according to findings reported in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
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Most teenagers and adults 30 and younger are not following the news closely at all, according to a recent report.