Tag Archives: Senior Health

Variations in longevity across Europe over past 20 years

Variations in longevity across Europe over past 20 years Wide and stubborn variations in longevity have persisted across Europe over the past 20 years, indicates research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. People can expect to live to a ripe old age in northern Spain, north...

Emotional and physical difficulties among caregivers

Emotional and physical difficulties among caregivers Being a caregiver for an older adult isn’t easy. A new study suggests that family and unpaid caregivers who provide substantial help with health care were more likely to miss out on valued activities, have a loss of work productivity and experience emotional, physical...

Speaking Different Languages For Your Health

Speaking Different Languages For Your Health. The advantages of speaking a second language – for health and mental ability – came under the spotlight at an event at the AAAS annual meeting in Washington, DC. Experts in bilingualism examined how learning a second language at any age not only imparts...

Should Seniors Be Required to Take Driving Tests?

Senior Drivers on the Road According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the risk of being injured or killed in a motor vehicle crash increases as you age, and today there is an almost 34{c17a68d0c485b2bb970b2407a228834b2c67946a23aa769eb01fe7f378a2c331} increase of licensed older drivers on the road than there was in...

Macular degeneration research gets a boost from large gene study

The findings of a large gene study are a big step forward for research into age-related macular degeneration – a leading cause of vision loss in the over-50s. The researchers found 52 common and rare genetic variants linked to AMD – a leading cause of vision loss in the over-50s....

Many hands make light work and improve health, researchers have found

Getting help with baby care could keep families healthier and extend their lives, according to a new study into bird behavior. Research into weaver birds in South Africa, carried out at the University of Exeter and published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, found that a heavy breeding workload...