Home Visits Cut Death Risk for Seniors
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THURSDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Regular home visits by health workers reduce seniors' death risk, a Swedish study confirms.
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Â· Healthier lifestyles offer protection from dementia Â· Overweight children lead to fears of rise in disease
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Breast cancer screening has nearly halved the number of deaths from the disease, according to a study of women seen on the NHS published today
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TUESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- Staying trim and healthy in younger years can lead to a healthier, more mobile old age, U.S. researchers say.
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A Dutch study suggests elderly people who receive a yearly influenza vaccination have reduced risk of death from all causes. Influenza-associated morbidity and mortality increase with age, especially for individuals
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Giving care home staff flu jabs can cut the number of illnesses and deaths among residents.
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SUNDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- Geriatrics experts are offering a new easy-to-understand information sheet designed to help prevent burnout in people caring for elderly parents or other older loved ones.
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Walking just two or three hours per week may lower womenâs chances of developing dementia, researchers at Harvard found. The study at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Brigham and Womenâs
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CHICAGO  - 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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Health plan targets middle-aged people who regularly drink over the limit at home.
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More effort should be put into simple falls-prevention measures to stop fractures among the elderly, experts say.
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TUESDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Some American seniors stop taking medications for chronic health problems such as high blood pressure and diabetes when they exceed spending limits in their Medicare prescription drug plans, new research shows.
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Having a nurse visit the home a few days after a woman has a baby reduces the number of newborns being readmitted to the hospital with jaundice or dehydration -- and it saves money -- according to a new study.
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Drinking caffeinated beverages  on a regular basis may provide significant protection against  death from heart disease in the elderly who have normal levels  of blood pressure, according to data from a large U.S. health  and nutrition study.
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AUSTIN - The Department of State Health Services has expanded its priority list for flu shots recipients to include people over 50 and caregivers of those deemed high risk.
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NEW YORK  - The American Heart Association  has updated its 1993 guidelines on blood pressure (BP)  measurement, putting more emphasis on home monitoring.
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Death rates among elderly U.S. patients have shown little change since the long hours worked by doctors in training were cut in 2003 under a major effort to reduce hospital errors, a study said on Tuesday.